Directed by:
Michael CurtizCinematography:
Sol PolitoComposer:
Erich Wolfgang KorngoldCast:
Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, Vincent Price, Henry Stephenson, Henry Daniell, James Stephenson, Nanette Fabray (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Elizabeth is an aging queen in love with the Earl, but when he sinks the Spanish Armada and squanders ships and loot needed by England, she replaces him with his rival, Sir Walter Raleigh (Vincent Price). Essex is furious and retreats to his family's estate, and the Queen must coax him back to court. Their relationship is fraught by sabotage from all sides, and through the intervention of Essex's enemies the two are turned against one another. In the end the Queen is forced to choose between her country and her love for a man whose ambition could be the ruin of a nation. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bette Davis
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
All About Eve (1950)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Errol Flynn
Australia
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Olivia de Havilland
Japan
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Heiress (1949)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Donald Crisp
UK
Best movies:
The Viking (1928)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Alan Hale
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Robin Hood (1922)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Vincent Price
USA
Best movies:
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Henry Stephenson
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Henry Daniell
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Song of Love (1947)
The Great Dictator (1940)
James Stephenson
UK
Best movies:
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Beau Geste (1939)
The Letter (1940)
Nanette Fabray
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
The Band Wagon (1953)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Ralph Forbes
UK
Best movies:
If I Were King (1938)
Stage Door (1937)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Leo G. Carroll
UK
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
North by Northwest (1959)
Captains Courageous (1937)
John Sutton
Best movies:
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Holmes Herbert
UK
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Captain Blood (1935)
Maris Wrixon
USA
Best movies:
Dark Victory (1939)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Phantom Lady (1944)
Robert Warwick
USA
Best movies:
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The Power and the Glory (1933)
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Rosella Towne
USA
Best movies:
Dark Victory (1939)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Doris Lloyd
UK
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
To Each His Own (1946)