Mary of Scotland

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

Cast

Katharine Hepburn

as Mary Stuart

Florence Eldridge

as Elizabeth Tudor

Fredric March

as Bothwell

Douglas Walton

as Darnley

John Carradine

as Rizzio

Robert Barrat

as Morton

Gavin Muir

as Leicester

Ian Keith

as Moray

Moroni Olsen

as John Knox

William Stack

as Ruthven

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 ...

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