| Release Date | 1953-05-29 |
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| Runtime | 112 minutes |
| Genres | Drama, History, Romance |
| Stars | Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton, Kay Walsh |
| Directors | George Sidney, Margaret Irwin, Arthur Wimperis, Charles Rosher, Walter Plunkett |
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.
