The Virgin Queen

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

7.019551h 32m

Released

Drama

History

Romance

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1955-07-22

Runtime1h 32m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

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Cast & Crew

Richard Todd

as Sir Walter Raleigh

Bette Davis

as Queen Elizabeth I

Joan Collins

as Beth Throgmorton

Jay Robinson

as Chadwick

Herbert Marshall

as Lord Leicester

Dan O'Herlihy

as Lord Derry

Robert Douglas

as Sir Christopher Hatton

Romney Brent

as French Ambassador

Leslie Parrish

as Anne

Lisa Daniels

as Mary

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Nov 14, 2022

6/10

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…

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