Richard Todd as Sir Walter Raleigh

Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I

Joan Collins as Beth Throgmorton

Jay Robinson as Chadwick

Herbert Marshall as Lord Leicester

Dan O'Herlihy as Lord Derry

Robert Douglas as Sir Christopher Hatton

Romney Brent as French Ambassador

Leslie Parrish as Anne

Lisa Daniels as Mary

Gertrude Astor as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group

Rod Taylor as Cpl. Gwilym

Noel Drayton as Tailor