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Writers:
Harry Brown (story)
Mildred Lord (writer)
Release Date:
22 July 1955 (USA) more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. more
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historically inaccurate but a lavish production and great acting more (12 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Bette Davis | ... | Queen Elizabeth I |
 | Richard Todd | ... | Sir Walter Raleigh |
 | Joan Collins | ... | Beth Throgmorton |
 | Jay Robinson | ... | Chadwick |
| Herbert Marshall | ... | Lord Leicester (Robert Dudley) |
| Dan O'Herlihy | ... | Lord Derry |
| Robert Douglas | ... | Sir Christopher Hatton |
| Romney Brent | ... | French Ambassador |
| Leslie Parrish | ... | Anne (as Marjorie Hellen) |
| Lisa Daniels | ... | Mary |
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Sir Walter Raleigh (USA) (working title)
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92 min
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2.55 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording) (magnetic prints) | Stereo (Western Electric Recording) | Mono (Western Electric Recording) (optical prints)
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The second time that actress Bette Davis portrays British monarch Queen Elizabeth I. more
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Queen Elizabeth I: It is I who makes the policy of this realm, I and I alone! more
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Referenced in All About Bette (1994) (TV) more
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Basically a soap opera of it's day with Queen Liz and Elexis Carrington fighting over the handsome, young cad, Sir Walter Raleigh who among other things introduced cigarettes to the world. The movie won an academy award for its costumes which unlike the events depicted in the film are spot on in their historical detail.
Bettie Davies is brilliant as The Queen (the template for Miranda Richardson's version in Blackadder II) and Richard Todd looks the part as the dashing Sir Walter Raleigh. The DVD cut of this film, issued as part of the Studio Classics series, is pristine with the digital format bringing out the sheer spectacle of colour in the scenes in the royal court.
A great old fashioned drama.