Directed by:
John FordCast:
Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton, John Carradine, Robert Barrat, Gavin Muir, Ian Keith, Moroni Olsen, William Stack (more)Plots(1)
Katharine Hepburn stars as the titular Scottish regent whose return to her native land from France in the company of secretary David Rizzio (John Carradine) alarms Queen Elizabeth I (Florence Eldridge), the latter keenly aware of her cousin's ambitions for the British throne. Yet Mary must first deal with the Scottish nobility, led by her half brother, the earl of Moray (Ian Keith), who challenges her Catholic faith and unmarried status. The Protestant earl of Bothwell (Fredric March), smitten with Mary, helps her win over the nobility and assume the throne of Scotland. Despite her love for Bothwell, she refuses to marry him, instead wedding the fickle Lord Darnley (Douglas Walton) since he is the heir to Elizabeth's throne. The Virgin Queen retaliates by plotting with Moray to end Mary's reign. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Katharine Hepburn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339158_1f72b9.png)
Katharine Hepburn
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
On Golden Pond (1981)
![Fredric March](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349846_b3bb31.png)
Fredric March
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Hombre (1967)
![Florence Eldridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364351_8aa836.jpg)
Florence Eldridge
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Les Misérables (1935)
The Divorcee (1930)
![Douglas Walton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/995/160995640_a16acd.jpg)
Douglas Walton
Canada
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Scarface (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
![John Carradine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/469/162469493_dd517e.jpg)
John Carradine
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
![Robert Barrat](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/741/158741974_e1bd06.jpg)
Robert Barrat
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Captain Blood (1935)
![Gavin Muir](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/611/161611129_ab109a.jpg)
Gavin Muir
USA
Best movies:
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
The House of Fear (1945)
Thunder on the Hill (1951)
![Ian Keith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/673/158673894_e4f198.jpg)
Ian Keith
USA
Best movies:
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Big Trail (1930)
![Moroni Olsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298409_d4a028.jpg)
Moroni Olsen
USA
Best movies:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
William Stack
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
![Ralph Forbes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/003/158003892_b80407.jpg)
Ralph Forbes
UK
Best movies:
If I Were King (1938)
Stage Door (1937)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
![Alan Mowbray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172594_fa5b21.jpg)
Alan Mowbray
UK
Best movies:
Desire (1936)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The King and I (1956)
![Frieda Inescort](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677373_d349dd.jpg)
Frieda Inescort
UK
Best movies:
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Letter (1940)
![Donald Crisp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/348/164348302_4868f8.jpg)
Donald Crisp
UK
Best movies:
The Viking (1928)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
![David Torrence](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000171_a3f7ba.gif)
David Torrence
UK
Best movies:
City Girl (1930)
Captain Blood (1935)
Lost Horizon (1937)
![Molly Lamont](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/335/160335590_22df73.jpg)
Molly Lamont
South Africa
Best movies:
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
![Anita Colby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/612/162612401_1b0850.jpg)
Anita Colby
USA
Best movies:
Brute Force (1947)
Cover Girl (1944)
Mary of Scotland (1936)
Alec Craig
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gaslight (1944)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
![Mary Gordon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712161_95d5f1.jpg)
Mary Gordon
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
![Monte Blue](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421420_17c187.jpg)
Monte Blue
USA
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)