
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939•106 min•
★6.3
DramaHistoryRomance
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
Cast & Crew

Bette Davis
Queen Elizabeth

Errol Flynn
The Earl of Essex

Olivia de Havilland
Lady Penelope Gray

Donald Crisp
Francis Bacon

Alan Hale
The Prince of Tyrone

Vincent Price
Sir Walter Raleigh

Henry Stephenson
Lord Burghley

Henry Daniell
Sir Robert Cecil

James Stephenson
Sir Thomas Egerton

Nanette Fabray
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

DirectorMichael Curtiz
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