Il favorito della grande regina (1955)
Il giovane navigatore Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) chiede alla regina Elisabetta I (Bette Davis) di concedergli tre vascelli per salpare in cerca di nuove terre da esplorare. La regina s'invaghisce del giovane, cosa che gli provoca un repentino avanzamento nella carriera, ma alla vigilia della partenza, Raleigh viene imprigionato e condannato a morte proprio dalla sovrana, venuta nel frattempo a conoscenza del suo matrimonio con Lady Beth Throgmorton (Joan Collins).
Direttore:
Henry Koster
Scrittori:
Mindret Lord, Harry Brown.
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Richard Todd as Sir Walter Raleigh |
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Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I |
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Joan Collins as Beth Throgmorton |
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Jay Robinson as Chadwick |
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Herbert Marshall as Lord Leicester |
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Dan O'Herlihy as Lord Derry |
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Robert Douglas as Sir Christopher Hatton |
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Romney Brent as French Ambassador |
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Leslie Parrish as Anne |
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Lisa Daniels as Mary |
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Gertrude Astor as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group |
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Rod Taylor as Cpl. Gwilym |
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Noel Drayton as Tailor |
| Writing | Mindret Lord | Screenplay |
| Writing | Harry Brown | Screenplay |
| Directing | Henry Koster | Director |
| Camera | Charles G. Clarke | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert L. Simpson | Editor |
| Art | Leland Fuller | Art Direction |
| Production | Charles Brackett | Producer |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Art | Paul S. Fox | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Wills | Costume Design |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Harry Brown | Story |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |