Charles Jarrot
Vanessa Redgrave .............. Mary Stuart of Scotland
Glenda Jackson .................. Queen Elizabeth I
Patrick McGoohan ............. James Stuart, Earl of Moray
Timothy Dalton .................... Lord Henry Darnley
Nigel Davenport ................ James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
Trevor Howard ..................... Sir William Cecil
Daniel Massey ..................... Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Ian Holm ................................ David Riccio
Katherine Kath ..................... Catherine de Medici
Vernon Dobtcheff ................. Duc François de Guise
Raf De La Torre .................... Cardinal de Guise
Richard Warner ................... Walsingham
Robert James ..................... John Knox
Richard Denning ................ Francis II, King of France