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English. Budget. $1.6 million [1] The Virgin Queen is a 1955 American DeLuxe Color historical drama film directed by Henry Koster and starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd and Joan Collins. Filmed in CinemaScope, it focuses on the relationship between Elizabeth I of England and Sir Walter Raleigh. The film marks the second time Davis played the ...
The Virgin Queen: Directed by Henry Koster. With Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson. 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.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Henry Koster
- 1955-11-08
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. Harry Brown. Screenplay, Story. Henry Koster.
Cast. Richard Todd Bette Davis Joan Collins Jay Robinson Herbert Marshall Dan O'Herlihy Robert Douglas Romney Brent Leslie Parrish Lisa Daniels Gertrude Astor Rod Taylor Noel Drayton. 92 mins More at IMDb TMDb. Sign in to log, rate or review. Share. Ratings. 3.2. ★. 1 half-★ rating (0%)
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- 20th Century Fox
- Henry Koster
LeMaire then won the award for another film instead; Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955). The Virgin Queen is a 1955 American DeLuxe Color historical drama film directed by Henry Koster and starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd and Joan Collins. Filmed in CinemaScope, it focuses on the relationship between Elizabeth I of England and Sir Walter ...
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.
Late at night, Raleigh and Beth, in front of the innkeeper and a servant, exchange their own wedding vows as a pledge of their love. Before Raleigh and Beth can escape with Derry, the palace guard come to arrest Raleigh. Beth returns to the palace safely, while in her bedchamber, Elizabeth pleads illness to pacify the French ambassador.
