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19531h 52mNR

English

Young Bess

Name: Young Bess
Director: George Sidney
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 1953-05-29
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton, Kay Walsh

A Great and Spectacular Drama!

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TMDb

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.

DirectorGeorge Sidney