---
title: 'Fire Over England (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William K. Howard'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fire-over-england-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028872/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Fire Over England (1937)

1937 · 87 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Fire Over England is a 1937 London Film Productions film drama, notable for providing the first pairing of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. It was directed by William K. Howard and written by Clemence Dane, nominally from the 1936 novel Fire Over England by AEW Mason. Leigh's performance in the film helped to convince David O. Selznick to cast her as Scarlett O'Hara in his 1939 production of Gone with the Wind. The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I focusing on England's victory over the Spanish Armada.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William K. Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-k-howard)
- **Screenplay:** [Clemence Dane](https://cinepixo.com/people/clemence-dane), [Sergei Nolbandov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-nolbandov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Addinsell](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-addinsell)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda), [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Wong Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong-howe)

## Cast

- [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason) as Hillary Vane
- [Lyn Harding](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyn-harding) as Sir Richard Ingolby
- [Robert Rendel](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rendel) as Don Miguel
- [Leslie Banks](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-banks) as Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
- [Vivien Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/vivien-leigh) as Cynthia
- [Francis de Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-de-wolff) as Sir James Tarleton
- [Robert Newton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-newton) as Don Pedro
- [Charles Carson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-carson) as Admiral Valdez
- [Morton Selten](https://cinepixo.com/people/morton-selten) as William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
- [Henry Oscar](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-oscar) as the Spanish Ambassador
- [Donald Calthrop](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-calthrop) as Don Escobal
- [Laurence Olivier](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-olivier) as Michael Ingolby
- [Tamara Desni](https://cinepixo.com/people/tamara-desni) as Elena
- [Raymond Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-massey) as Philip II of Spain
- [Flora Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/flora-robson) as Elizabeth I of England

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