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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Nov 11, 1939 | IMDB 6.3

106 min Watch Now

Drama, History, Romance

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

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Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, Vincent Price, Henry Stephenson, Henry Daniell, James Stephenson, Nanette Fabray

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