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28/07/1936 Drama, History, Romance 2h 3m
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History called her "The Temptress"!

Overview

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.

  1. John Ford

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Katharine Hepburn

    Mary Stuart

  2. Florence Eldridge

    Elizabeth Tudor

  3. Fredric March

    Bothwell

  4. Douglas Walton

    Darnley

  5. John Carradine

    Rizzio

  6. Robert Barrat

    Morton

  7. Gavin Muir

    Leicester

  8. Ian Keith

    Moray

  9. Moroni Olsen

    John Knox

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-04-27
I'm not sure how much whisky the studio bosses must have had before alighting on the choice of Katherine Hepburn and Fredric March for this telling of the story of Mary, Queen of Scots - but it was either too much, or not enough! Beginning after her return to her kingdom following the death of her French husband, Francis II, it tells the tale of her battles with her nobles; her hapless drunken husband Darnley (Douglas Walton); her lover Bothwell (March) and of the plentiful court intrigues that mired her reign. There is no disguising the strong accent of the former, nor the drawl of the latte...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$864,000.00

Revenue
$1,276,000.00

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