Mary, Queen of Scots Movie Review 1971

Redgrave does a spirited job in the title role as the headstrong and romantic queen who came to an unfortunate end. Mary is raised in France by her mother's Catholic family, from whom she inherits the Scottish title after her mother's death. She claims the throne much to the dismay of her Protestant half-brother James Stuart (McGoohan) and England's equally Protestant Queen Elizabeth (Jackson), who does not want her own Catholic subjects to get any ideas. Mary makes two unfortunate marriages and winds up being betrayed, eventually forcing Elizabeth to eliminate her dangerous cousin.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 128 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Historical Drama, Royalty, British, Scotland, Marriage, Religion, Women

Screenplay

John Hale

Cast

Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton, Nigel Davenport, Trevor Howard, Daniel Massey, Ian Holm

Cinematography

Christopher Challis

Director

Charles Jarrott

Music

John Barry

Producer

Hal B. Wallis, Universal Pictures