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Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Metacritic53/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
64 audience votes
Key crew
- John HaleScreenplay
- Charles JarrottDirector
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Vanessa RedgraveMary, Queen of Scots
- Glenda JacksonQueen Elizabeth
- Patrick McGoohanJames Stuart
- Timothy DaltonHenry, Lord Darnley
- Nigel DavenportLord Bothwell
- Trevor HowardWilliam Cecil
- Daniel MasseyRobert Dudley
- Ian HolmDavid Riccio
- Andrew KeirRuthven
- Tom FlemingFather Ballard
- Katherine KathCatherine De Medici
- Beth HarrisMary Seton
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Themes
scotlandqueenqueen elizabeth itudorexecutioncatholic16th century