This 1939 historical drama explores the complex love-hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Cast: - Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I - Errol Flynn as Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex - Olivia de Havilland as Lady Penelope Gray - Donald Crisp as Francis Bacon - Alan Hale, Sr. as Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone - Henry Daniell as Sir Robert Cecil - Vincent Price as Sir Walter Raleigh - Henry Stephenson as Lord Burghley - James Stephenson as Sir Thomas Egerton - Nanette Fabray as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe (credited as Nanette Fabares) - Ralph Forbes as Lord Knollys - Robert Warwick as Lord Mountjoy - Leo G. Carroll as Sir Edward Coke Runtime: 106 minutes.