 Chris as envisioned was a young poet, and Richard Burton (I) (qv)  was considered by most to be terribly miscast as well as too old for  the part. The bust of "Boom!" seriously damaged  Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv)s standing at the box office, though  Burton had two more major hits with _Where Eagles Dare (1968)_ (qv)  and _Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)_ (qv) after the fiasco of its  drubbing by both the critics and movie audiences.