Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Age rating
- 12
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
The story
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.
- scotland
- queen
- queen elizabeth i
- tudor
- execution
- catholic
- 16th century
The bill
Vanessa Redgrave
Mary, Queen of Scots
Glenda Jackson
Queen Elizabeth
Patrick McGoohan
James Stuart
Timothy Dalton
Henry, Lord Darnley
- Nigel Davenport — Lord Bothwell
- Trevor Howard — William Cecil
- Daniel Massey — Robert Dudley
- Ian Holm — David Riccio
- Andrew Keir — Ruthven
- Tom Fleming — Father Ballard
- Katherine Kath — Catherine De Medici
- Beth Harris — Mary Seton
- Frances White — Mary Fleming
- Bruce Purchase — Morton
- Brian Coburn — Huntly
- Directed
- Charles Jarrott
- Written
- John Hale
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 64 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions
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