Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

128 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 22, 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.

Mary, Queen of Scots

128 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 22, 1971

Mary, Queen of Scots
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Universal Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions
Original title Mary, Queen of Scots
Directors Valerie Booth, Simon Relph, Charles Jarrott
Writers John Hale

Cast

Vanessa Redgrave

as Mary, Queen of Scots

Glenda Jackson

as Queen Elizabeth

Patrick McGoohan

as James Stuart

Timothy Dalton

as Henry, Lord Darnley

Nigel Davenport

as Lord Bothwell

Trevor Howard

as William Cecil

Daniel Massey

as Robert Dudley

Ian Holm

as David Riccio

Andrew Keir

as Ruthven

Tom Fleming

as Father Ballard

Katherine Kath

as Catherine De Medici

Beth Harris

as Mary Seton

Frances White

as Mary Fleming

Bruce Purchase

as Morton

Brian Coburn

as Huntly

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Duc De Guise

Raf De La Torre

as Cardinal De Guise

Richard Warner

as Walsingham

Maria Aitken

as Lady Bothwell

Jeremy Bulloch

as Andrew

Richard Denning

as Francis, King of France

Robert James

as John Knox