The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.

Vivien Leigh
as Emma, Lady Hamilton

Laurence Olivier
as Lord Horatio Nelson

Alan Mowbray
as Sir William Hamilton

Sara Allgood
as Mrs. Cadogan-Lyon

Gladys Cooper
as Lady Francis Nelson

Henry Wilcoxon
as Captain Hardy

Heather Angel
as Mary Smith

Halliwell Hobbes
as Rev. Nelson

Gilbert Emery
as Lord Spencer

Miles Mander
as Lord Keith
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Vivien Leigh is wonderfully purposeful, yet flighty, in this depiction of the life and love of Lady Emma Hamilton. Brought to Naples under false pretences by the British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples - Sir William Hamilton (Alan Mowbray), she decides it is better to remain there as his fabulou...