The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

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

CAST

Bette DavisQueen Elizabeth

Errol FlynnThe Earl of Essex

Olivia de HavillandLady Penelope Gray

Donald CrispFrancis Bacon

Alan HaleThe Prince of Tyrone

Vincent PriceSir Walter Raleigh

Henry StephensonLord Burghley

Henry DaniellSir Robert Cecil

James StephensonSir Thomas Egerton

Nanette FabrayMistress Margaret Radcliffe

Ralph ForbesLord Knollys

Robert WarwickLord Mountjoy

Leo G. CarrollSir Edward Coke

Guy BellisLord Charles Howard (uncredited)

Jacob DanceEssex's Soldier (uncredited)