Fire Over England

Fire Over England
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Directed by	William K. Howard
Produced by	Erich Pommer Alexander Korda
Written by	A.E.W. Mason Clemence Dane Sergei Nolbandov
Starring	Laurence Olivier Vivien Leigh Flora Robson Leslie Banks
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	1937
Running time	92 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
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Fire Over England is a 1937 film drama produced by London Film Productions. It was directed by William K. Howard and written by Clemence Dane from a novel by A. E. W. Mason.

The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I, played by Flora Robson and focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. It is notable for providing the first pairing of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, and it also stars Raymond Massey and Leslie Banks. James Mason (no relation to the author of the novel on which the film is based) has a bit part as a British traitor. The film is now in the public domain.

Cast

• Flora Robson as Queen Elizabeth I of England
• Raymond Massey as King Philip II of Spain
• Leslie Banks as 'Robin', the Earl of Leicester
• Laurence Olivier as Michael Ingolby
• Vivien Leigh as Cynthia
• Morton Selten as Lord Burleigh
• Tamara Desni as Elena
• Lyn Harding as Sir Richard Ingolby
• George Thirlwell as Mr. Lawrence Gregory
• Henry Oscar as Spanish Ambassador
• Robert Rendel as Don Miguel
• Robert Newton as Don Pedro
• Donald Calthrop as Don Escobal
• Charles Carson as Adm. Valdez

External links

• Fire Over England at the Internet Movie Database

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