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7.1/10 • 26

1955-07-221h 32m

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CinemaScope spectacularly spreads before you the velvet cape and violent age of Sir Walter Raleigh and The Virgin Queen.

Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

Directors
Henry Koster
Editors
Robert L. Simpson

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Richard Todd

    Richard Todd

    Sir Walter Raleigh

  2. Bette Davis

    Bette Davis

    Queen Elizabeth I

  3. Joan Collins

    Joan Collins

    Beth Throgmorton

  4. Jay Robinson

    Jay Robinson

    Chadwick

  5. Herbert Marshall

    Herbert Marshall

    Lord Leicester

  6. Dan O'Herlihy

    Dan O'Herlihy

    Lord Derry

  7. Robert Douglas

    Robert Douglas

    Sir Christopher Hatton

  8. Romney Brent

    Romney Brent

    French Ambassador

  9. Leslie Parrish

    Leslie Parrish

    Anne

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CinemaSerf

Nov 14, 2022

6/10

Historically, it is safe to say that Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh didn't always get on, but I am not sure their relationship was ever quite this verbose. This is a good enough looking melodrama with Bette Davis and Richard Todd out to enrich England (and themselves) co-starring Joan Collins as the suitably "pathetic" lady in waiting who falls for Raleigh - and in so doing they both earn the enmity of a jealous queen. Herbert Marshall tries to bring a little weight to the proceedings; Dan O'Herlihy a little humour but ultimately we are left with a colourful, but pretty mundane, wordy, historical costume drama with the odd flash of character from Davis.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
queen elizabeth itudorbritish historypalace intrigue16th century