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.
Cast
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
Vernon Dobtcheff
Duc De Guise
Raf De La Torre
Cardinal De Guise
Richard Warner
Walsingham
Maria Aitken
Lady Bothwell
Jeremy Bulloch
Andrew
Richard Denning
Francis, King of France
Robert James
John Knox
Crew
Charles Jarrott
Director
John Hale
Screenplay
Richard Marden
Editor
Mary Kessel
Assistant Editor
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Simon Relph
Assistant Director
James H. Ware
Production Supervisor
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Terence Marsh
Production Design
Freddie Cooper
Camera Operator
Paul Wilson
Camera Operator
Sally Nicholl
Casting
Ivy Baker
Costume Supervisor
Margaret Furse
Costume Design
Joan Carpenter
Hairstylist
George Frost
Makeup Artist
Don Sharpe
Sound Editor
Bob Jones
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Aldred
Sound Mixer
John Barry
Original Music Composer
Peter Howitt
Set Decoration
Pamela Cornell
Set Decoration
Inez Easton
Location Manager
Vic Armstrong
Stunt Double
Mary Skeaping
Choreographer
John Feehan
Property Master
Valerie Booth
Continuity
Robert Cartwright
Art Direction
William Gray
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