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.
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Bette Davis | ... | Queen Elizabeth I | |
| Richard Todd | ... | Sir Walter Raleigh | |
| Joan Collins | ... | Beth Throgmorton | |
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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) | |
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Lisa Daniels | ... | Mary |
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Sir Walter Raleigh gains audience with Queen Elizabeth I and soon wins her over to his way of thinking. He wants ships to sail and make a name for England. A young ward of the court, Beth Throgmorton, is strongly attracted to Raleigh and returns the attraction. But soon the Queen shows her desires and he bends in order to achieve his goal of ships. But still he loves Beth. Written by McGinty <McGinty@aol.com>
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queen elizabeth i | year 1581 | knight | elizabethan era | queen of england |Taglines:
CinemaScope spectacularly spreads before you the velvet cape and violent age of Sir Walter Raleigh and The Virgin Queen.Parents Guide:
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22 July 1955 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Raleigh and the Virgin Queen See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 8, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USAEdit
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The second time that actress Bette Davis portrays English monarch Queen Elizabeth I. See more »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. See more »Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: In 1581 all the roads of England led to London -- for better or worse. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Bette Davis gives an amazing performance of England's Queen Elizabeth the 1st. Still a virgin as an older woman (in this version), the determined & dedicated Queen falls in love with Walter Raleigh. But, in a secret ceremony on a night that the Queen's own hand maiden (a very young looking Joan Collins) seduces Raleigh, just when he doubts himself. Believing he failed to impress the Queen enough for her to grant him 3 ships, he marries Collins & impregnates her.
To the surprise of Walter Raleigh, Queen Elizabeth is most impressed by him & summons him to her bedroom where she knights him, Sir Walter Raleigh. Then, gives him one ship. Now he's in a fix between two women enamored with him.
There's much more to the story. Watching Davis & Collins together is quite the contrast in acting styles. Although the "Dynasty" Collins is much more like Davis as the Queen: temperamental, shrewd, demanding, and impeccable with the delivery of an excellent script, juxtaposed as the two actors are in this film, it's quite obvious how Davis & Collins take a great deal of care with their difference delivery styles of speech.
This film made me prefer Davis' Queen Elizabeth the 1st over other characterizations. I can't imagine a living actress who could become this particular staged Queen, as well as does Davis. (And I have watched Cate Blanchett). After all it's a tall order to go into role better than Bette Davis.