Academy Award-winner Bette Davis ("Jezebel," "Dark Victory") is the homely Queen Elizabeth I, whose jealous love of the handsome Earl of Essex (played by Errol Flynn -- "The Adventures of Robin Hood," "Captain Blood") leads to tragedy. Co-starring Academy Award-winners Olivia De Havilland ("Gone with the Wind," "The Adventures of Robin Hood") and Donald Crisp ("How Green was My Valley ," "Wuthering Heights"), Emmy Award-winner Nanette Fabares ("The Band Wagon," "Harper Valley P.T.A."), Emmy Award-nominee Leo G. Caroll ("North by Northwest," "Strangers on a Train") and Hollywood legend Vincent Price ("Edward Scissorhands," "House on Haunted Hill"). Directed by Academy award-winner Michael Curtiz ("Casablanca," "Yankee Doodle Dandy") and nominated for three Oscars.