Fire Over England
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✎ Suggest a correctionTells how Elizabeth I sends her ships against the Armada of Spain, inciting the outrage of her cousin Philip. Stars Flora Robson, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at breaking point. English privateers such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World. In a sea battle between the Spanish and the English, led by Sir Richard Ingolby, the English are captured. Miguel allows Richard's son Michael (Laurence Olivier) to escape and flees to England. When he is granted an audience with the Queen he urges her to fight the Spanish menace by whatever means necessary, and swears undying loyalty to her.
In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at breaking point. English privateers such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World. In a sea battle between the Spanish and the English, led by Sir Richard Ingolby, the English are captured. Miguel allows Richard's son Michael (Laurence Olivier) to escape and flees to England. When he is granted an audience with the Queen he urges her to fight the Spanish menace by whatever means necessary, and swears undying loyalty to her.
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Tells how Elizabeth I sends her ships against the Armada of Spain, inciting the outrage of her cousin Philip. Stars Flora Robson, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
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