Fire Over England
- Released on
- Runtime
- 92 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Flora Robson
- Raymond Massey
- Leslie Banks
- Laurence Olivier
- Vivien Leigh
- Morton Selten
- Tamara Desni
- Lyn Harding
- George Thirlwell
- Henry Oscar
- Robert Rendel
- Robert Newton
- Donald Calthrop
- Charles Carson
- James Mason
- Howard Douglas
- Cecil Mainwaring
- Francis de Wolff
- Graham Cheswright
- A. Corney Grain
- Laurence Hanray
- Roy Russell
- Evelyn Ankers
- Norma Varden
Director
- William K. Howard
Producers
- Alexander Korda
- Erich Pommer
Screenwriter
- Clemence Dane
- Sergei Nolbandov
