The Virgin Queen

7/22/19551h 32m

Theatrical Release (US)

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

Overview:

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.

Director:

Henry Koster

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

queen elizabeth i
tudor
british history
palace intrigue
16th century

Cast

Richard Todd

~ as ~

Sir Walter Raleigh

Bette Davis

~ as ~

Queen Elizabeth I

Joan Collins

~ as ~

Beth Throgmorton

Jay Robinson

~ as ~

Chadwick

Herbert Marshall

~ as ~

Lord Leicester

Dan O'Herlihy

~ as ~

Lord Derry

Robert Douglas

~ as ~

Sir Christopher Hatton

Romney Brent

~ as ~

French Ambassador

Leslie Parrish

~ as ~

Anne

Lisa Daniels

~ as ~

Mary

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
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.