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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.

6.319391h 46mReleased99 votes

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

Director:
Michael Curtiz
Country:
United States
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Cast

  • Bette Davis

    Queen Elizabeth

  • Errol Flynn

    The Earl of Essex

  • Olivia de Havilland

    Lady Penelope Gray

  • Donald Crisp

    Francis Bacon

  • Alan Hale

    The Prince of Tyrone

  • Vincent Price

    Sir Walter Raleigh

  • Henry Stephenson

    Lord Burghley

  • Henry Daniell

    Sir Robert Cecil

  • James Stephenson

    Sir Thomas Egerton

  • Nanette Fabray

    Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

  • Ralph Forbes

    Lord Knollys

  • Robert Warwick

    Lord Mountjoy

  • Leo G. Carroll

    Sir Edward Coke

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    Guy Bellis

    Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)

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    Jacob Dance

    Essex's Soldier (uncredited)

  • Forrester Harvey

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Holmes Herbert

    Majordomo (uncredited)

  • I. Stanford Jolley

    Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)

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