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The Virgin Queen

  • 19551955
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 32m
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6.6/10
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The Virgin Queen (1955)
BiographyDramaHistory
Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
IMDb RATING
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2.9K
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    • Henry Koster
    • Harry Brown(story "Sir Walter Raleigh")
    • Mindret Lord
  • Stars
    • Bette Davis
    • Richard Todd
    • Joan Collins
    • Henry Koster
    • Harry Brown(story "Sir Walter Raleigh")
    • Mindret Lord
  • Stars
    • Bette Davis
    • Richard Todd
    • Joan Collins
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    • 37User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Joan Collins in The Virgin Queen (1955)
    Bette Davis and Joan Collins in The Virgin Queen (1955)
    Bette Davis, Joan Collins, and Richard Todd in The Virgin Queen (1955)
    Bette Davis in The Virgin Queen (1955)
    Bette Davis in The Virgin Queen (1955)
    Bette Davis and Richard Todd in The Virgin Queen (1955)
    Bette Davis in The Virgin Queen (1955)
    Bette Davis and Richard Todd in The Virgin Queen (1955)
    Joan Collins in The Virgin Queen (1955)
    Bette Davis in The Virgin Queen (1955)
    Bette Davis in The Virgin Queen (1955)
    Richard Todd in The Virgin Queen (1955)

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    Bette Davis
    Bette Davis
    • Queen Elizabeth I
    Richard Todd
    Richard Todd
    • Sir Walter Raleigh
    Joan Collins
    Joan Collins
    • Beth Throgmorton
    Jay Robinson
    Jay Robinson
    • Chadwick
    Herbert Marshall
    Herbert Marshall
    • Lord Leicester (Robert Dudley)
    Dan O'Herlihy
    Dan O'Herlihy
    • Lord Derry
    Robert Douglas
    Robert Douglas
    • Sir Christopher Hatton
    Romney Brent
    Romney Brent
    • French Ambassador
    Leslie Parrish
    Leslie Parrish
    • Anne
    • (as Marjorie Hellen)
    Lisa Daniels
    Lisa Daniels
    • Mary
    Robert Adler
    Robert Adler
    • Postillion Rider
    • (uncredited)
    Heather Ames
    Heather Ames
    • Tavern Maid with Derry
    • (uncredited)
    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Baker
    Frank Baker
    • Physician
    • (uncredited)
    Barry Bernard
    • Patch Eye
    • (uncredited)
    Janice Carroll
    • Serving Maid
    • (uncredited)
    John Costello
    • Town Crier
    • (uncredited)
    Ashley Cowan
    • Sailor
    • (uncredited)
      • Henry Koster
      • Harry Brown(story "Sir Walter Raleigh")
      • Mindret Lord
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    • Trivia
      The second time Bette Davis portrayed English monarch Queen Elizabeth I, the first being "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex "(1939).
    • Goofs
      At the concluding scene of the movie, Queen Elizabeth looks through her window with a telescope, an invention of 1608, five years after her death in 1603.
    • Quotes

      French Ambassador: May I compliment you, Madame, on this most beautiful palace? There is no other like it in all of Europe.

      Queen Elizabeth I: It was my father's. I'll tell him when I see him.

      French Ambassador: [not fully understanding her answer] Yes... but King Henry is dead. Madame jests?

      Queen Elizabeth I: Madame never jests.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: In 1581 all the roads of England led to London -- for better or worse.
    • Connections
      Featured in Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)

    User reviews37

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    7/10
    historically inaccurate but a lavish production and great acting
    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.
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    • Apr 11, 2006

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    • Release date
      • July 22, 1955 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stage 8, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes
      • Color

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