The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots

The Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen.

Cast

Fay Compton

as Mary Stuart

Gerald Ames

as Bothwell

Ivan Samson

as Lord Dudley

John Stuart

as George Douglas

Ellen Compton

as Queen Elizabeth

Lionel d'Aragon

as Moray

Harvey Braban

as Ruthven

Irene Rooke

as Catherine de Medici

Donald Macardle

as Francis II

René Maupré

as Rizzio

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