Fire Over England( 1937)

TV-MAHistoryDramaRomance

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Overview

The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.

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Flora Robson
Queen Elizabeth I of England
Raymond Massey
King Philip II of Spain
Leslie Banks
The Earl of Leicester
Laurence Olivier
Michael Ingolby
Vivien Leigh
Cynthia
Morton Selten
Lord Burleigh
Tamara Desni
Elena
Lyn Harding
Sir Richard Ingolby
George Thirlwell
Mr. Lawrence Gregory
Henry Oscar
Spanish Ambassador
Robert Rendel
Don Miguel
Robert Newton
Don Pedro
Donald Calthrop
Don Escobal
Charles Carson
Adm. Valdez
James Mason
Hillary Vane
Howard Douglas
Lord Amberley
Cecil Mainwaring
Lord Illingworth
Francis de Wolff
Sir James Tarleton
Graham Cheswright
Mr. Joseph Maddison
A. Corney Grain
Hatton
Laurence Hanray
French Ambassador
Roy Russell
Sir Humphrey Cooper
Evelyn Ankers
Lady-in-Waiting
Norma Varden
Elena's Governess (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 20 2022

If anyone ever doubted the kind of actor Laurence Olivier was going to become, then they need only watch this and it is as plain as the nose on his handsome young face. Here, though, his over-acting (and singing) in the role of the enthusiastic "Michael Ingleby" rather badly dates an otherwise quite entertaining recounting of the machinations leading up build up to the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade Elizabethan England. Flora Robson always did carry off the role of a monarch well and Morton Selten (reputedly a child of Edward VII), Vivien Leigh, Raymond Massey and a slightly camp Leslie Ban...