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The Virgin Queen

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

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.

Release Date : 1955-07-22

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Richard Todd

Character Name : Sir Walter Raleigh

Original Name : Richard Todd

Gender : Male

Bette Davis

Character Name : Queen Elizabeth I

Original Name : Bette Davis

Gender : Female

Joan Collins

Character Name : Beth Throgmorton

Original Name : Joan Collins

Gender : Female

Jay Robinson

Character Name : Chadwick

Original Name : Jay Robinson

Gender : Male

Herbert Marshall

Character Name : Lord Leicester

Original Name : Herbert Marshall

Gender : Male

Dan O'Herlihy

Character Name : Lord Derry

Original Name : Dan O'Herlihy

Gender : Male

Robert Douglas

Character Name : Sir Christopher Hatton

Original Name : Robert Douglas

Gender : Male

Romney Brent

Character Name : French Ambassador

Original Name : Romney Brent

Gender : Male

Leslie Parrish

Character Name : Anne

Original Name : Leslie Parrish

Gender : Female

Lisa Daniels

Character Name : Mary

Original Name : Lisa Daniels

Gender : Female

Gertrude Astor

Character Name : Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group

Original Name : Gertrude Astor

Gender : Female

Rod Taylor

Character Name : Cpl. Gwilym

Original Name : Rod Taylor

Gender : Male

Noel Drayton

Character Name : Tailor

Original Name : Noel Drayton

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2022-11-14

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.