“The Virgin Queen” is a Historic drama directed by Henry Koster and written by Harry Brown and Mindret Lord.
Sir
Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to gain an audience with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis)
and through charm soon wins her favour, his motive is to get financing for a
proposed voyage to the New World
and make a name for England.
But
it’s a stormy relationship between the aging Queen and Raleigh, so when he
becomes attracted to a young ward of the court, Beth Throgmorton (Dame Joan
Collins), and she strongly returns the attraction, he must tread carefully as Elizabeth
soon shows her desire for him and he must bend in order to achieve his goal,
even though he loves Beth, but it’s a dangerous game to play with the stubborn
Queen’s affections, so will jealousy of Raleigh’s youthful love lead to his
downfall.
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