Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.
Director:
Charles Jarrott
Writer:
John Hale
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Vanessa Redgrave as Mary, Queen of Scots |
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Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth |
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Patrick McGoohan as James Stuart |
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Timothy Dalton as Henry, Lord Darnley |
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Nigel Davenport as Lord Bothwell |
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Trevor Howard as William Cecil |
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Daniel Massey as Robert Dudley |
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Ian Holm as David Riccio |
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Andrew Keir as Ruthven |
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Tom Fleming as Father Ballard |
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Katherine Kath as Catherine De Medici |
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Beth Harris as Mary Seton |
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Frances White as Mary Fleming |
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Bruce Purchase as Morton |
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Brian Coburn as Huntly |
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Vernon Dobtcheff as Duc De Guise |
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Raf De La Torre as Cardinal De Guise |
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Richard Warner as Walsingham |
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Maria Aitken as Lady Bothwell |
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Jeremy Bulloch as Andrew |
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Richard Denning as Francis, King of France |
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Robert James as John Knox |
| Writing | John Hale | Screenplay |
| Sound | John Barry | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Charles Jarrott | Director |
| Editing | Richard Marden | Editor |
| Production | Sally Nicholl | Casting |
| Directing | Simon Relph | Assistant Director |
| Art | Robert Cartwright | Art Direction |
| Camera | Christopher Challis | Director of Photography |
| Art | Terence Marsh | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Carpenter | Hairstylist |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Producer |
| Camera | Freddie Cooper | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Mary Kessel | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Furse | Costume Design |
| Camera | Paul Wilson | Camera Operator |
| Production | Inez Easton | Location Manager |
| Sound | Don Sharpe | Sound Editor |
| Production | William Gray | Other |
| Art | John Feehan | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ivy Baker | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Bob Jones | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | John Aldred | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Mary Skeaping | Choreographer |
| Directing | Valerie Booth | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Frost | Makeup Artist |
| Production | James H. Ware | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Vic Armstrong | Stunt Double |
| Art | Peter Howitt | Set Decoration |
| Art | Pamela Cornell | Set Decoration |