Movie Cosmos - Mary, Queen of Scots

Description:

Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.

Top Cast >

Vanessa Redgrave

As Mary, Queen of Scots

Glenda Jackson

As Queen Elizabeth

Patrick McGoohan

As James Stuart

Timothy Dalton

As Henry, Lord Darnley

Nigel Davenport

As Lord Bothwell

Trevor Howard

As William Cecil

Daniel Massey

As Robert Dudley

Ian Holm

As David Riccio

Andrew Keir

As Ruthven

Tom Fleming

As Father Ballard

Katherine Kath

As Catherine De Medici

Beth Harris

As Mary Seton

Frances White

As Mary Fleming

Bruce Purchase

As Morton

Brian Coburn

As Huntly

Vernon Dobtcheff

As Duc De Guise

Raf De La Torre

As Cardinal De Guise

Richard Warner

As Walsingham

Maria Aitken

As Lady Bothwell

Jeremy Bulloch

As Andrew

Richard Denning

As Francis, King of France

Robert James

As John Knox

Top Crew >

Charles Jarrott

Director

John Hale

Screenplay

John Barry

Original Music Composer

Richard Marden

Editor

Sally Nicholl

Casting

Simon Relph

Assistant Director

Robert Cartwright

Art Direction

Christopher Challis

Director of Photography

Terence Marsh

Production Design

Joan Carpenter

Hairstylist

Hal B. Wallis

Producer

Freddie Cooper

Camera Operator

Mary Kessel

Assistant Editor

Margaret Furse

Costume Design

Paul Wilson

Camera Operator

Inez Easton

Location Manager

Don Sharpe

Sound Editor

William Gray

Other

John Feehan

Property Master

Ivy Baker

Costume Supervisor

Bob Jones

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Aldred

Sound Mixer

Mary Skeaping

Choreographer

Valerie Booth

Continuity

George Frost

Makeup Artist

James H. Ware

Production Supervisor

Vic Armstrong

Stunt Double

Peter Howitt

Set Decoration

Pamela Cornell

Set Decoration

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

This is a superb portrayal of the troubled late 16th century Scottish Queen from Vanessa Redgrave. Forced to return to an unwelcoming Scotland following the death of her French husband, Catholic Mary arrives to barely disguised hostility from her largely Protestant subjects. Added to her problems, her cousin Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson) is making things difficult for her from south of their border. The story is well known, but the two ladies' performances demonstrate both the flaws and the strengths of each, well. Trevor Howard is great as the manipulative Burghley; as are Timothy Dalton as Mary's dissolute husband Henry Darnley; Ian Holm as the seedy David Rizzio; Nigel Davenport as Bothwell and Patrick McGoohan as her ambitious, plotting, half-brother. The attention to the detail of the time - locations, costumes and a lovely John Barry score all add to the quality of this - broadly - authentic historical drama.

2023-05-29