| The Virgin Queen | |
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| Directed by | Henry Koster |
| Produced by | Charles Brackett |
| Written by | Harry Brown (story) Mildred Lord (screenplay) |
| Starring | Bette Davis Richard Todd Joan Collins Herbert Marshall Dan O'Herlihy |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
| Editing by | Robert L. Simpson |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 1955 |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.6 million[1] |
The Virgin Queen is a 1955 historical drama film starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Herbert Marshall and Dan O'Herlihy. It focuses on the relationship between Elizabeth I of England and Sir Walter Raleigh.
The film marks the second time Davis played the British monarch; the first was The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. It was also the first Hollywood film for Australian actor Rod Taylor.[2]
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The Virgin Queen was nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design for the work of Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills. LeMaire lost to himself for Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing.