The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Vivien Leigh
as Emma, Lady Hamilton
Laurence Olivier
as Lord Horatio Nelson
Alan Mowbray
as Sir William Hamilton
Sara Allgood
as Mrs. Cadogan-Lyon
Gladys Cooper
as Lady Francis Nelson
Henry Wilcoxon
as Captain Hardy
Heather Angel
as Mary Smith
Halliwell Hobbes
as Rev. Nelson
Gilbert Emery
as Lord Spencer
Miles Mander
as Lord Keith
Ronald Sinclair
as Josiah
Luis Alberni
as King of Naples