Cast

Vivien Leigh Laurence Olivier Alan Mowbray Sara Allgood Gladys Cooper Henry Wilcoxon

Credits

Written by: Walter Reisch

Plot

The story of Emma Hamilton and her affair with Admiral Lord Nelson.

Sinekatalog’s take

Alexander Korda's romance, with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, is lush and was made as wartime morale-building.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (5,649 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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