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Mary of Scotland

Mary of Scotland (1936)

Biographical, Drama, Historical, Romantic | United States

Director: John Ford, Leslie Goodwins

BBC2 | Saturday, 21 January 2017 | 06:30

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Saturday, 21 January 2017 06:30

Saturday, 27 July 2013 05:30

Rating: 6.4/10

User rating: 7/10
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SYNOPSIS

John Ford's historical drama chronicling the turbulent reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, focusing on her power struggle with Queen Elizabeth I which resulted in a sentencing to death for treason after Mary refused to renounce her claims to the British throne. Katharine Hepburn stars in the title role, with Fredric March, Florence Eldridge and John Carradine.

Actors

Writer: Dudley Nichols, Maxwell Anderson

RUNTIME: 123 min

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