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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex(1939)

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

  • November 11, 1939
  • 1 h 46 min
  • Drama, History, Romance
6.3TMDB · 100 votes
7.0IMDb
80%Rotten Tomatoes

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

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

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Cast

  • Bette Davis

    Bette Davis

    Queen Elizabeth

  • Errol Flynn

    Errol Flynn

    The Earl of Essex

  • Olivia de Havilland

    Olivia de Havilland

    Lady Penelope Gray

  • Donald Crisp

    Donald Crisp

    Francis Bacon

  • Alan Hale

    Alan Hale

    The Prince of Tyrone

  • Vincent Price

    Vincent Price

    Sir Walter Raleigh

  • Henry Stephenson

    Henry Stephenson

    Lord Burghley

  • Henry Daniell

    Henry Daniell

    Sir Robert Cecil

  • James Stephenson

    James Stephenson

    Sir Thomas Egerton

  • Nanette Fabray

    Nanette Fabray

    Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

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