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.
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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
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