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The Virgin Queen( 1955)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Richard Todd

      Sir Walter Raleigh

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      Bette Davis

      Queen Elizabeth I

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      Joan Collins

      Beth Throgmorton

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      Jay Robinson

      Chadwick

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      Herbert Marshall

      Lord Leicester

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      Dan O'Herlihy

      Lord Derry

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      Robert Douglas

      Sir Christopher Hatton

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      Romney Brent

      French Ambassador

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      Leslie Parrish

      Anne

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      Lisa Daniels

      Mary

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      Gertrude Astor

      Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group

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      Rod Taylor

      Cpl. Gwilym

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      Noel Drayton

      Tailor

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Nov 14 2022
    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, hist...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • queen elizabeth i
    • tudor
    • british history
    • palace intrigue
    • 16th century