Directed by:
George SidneyCinematography:
Charles RosherComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton, Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Cecil Kellaway, Rex Thompson, Robert Arthur, Leo G. Carroll (more)Plots(1)
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 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jean Simmons
UK
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Stewart Granger
UK
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Deborah Kerr
UK
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Charles Laughton
UK
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Guy Rolfe
UK
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Kathleen Byron
UK
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Cecil Kellaway
South Africa
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Rex Thompson
USA
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Robert Arthur
USA
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Leo G. Carroll
UK
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Norma Varden
UK
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Alan Napier
UK
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Ivan Triesault
Russian Empire
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Elaine Stewart
USA
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Dawn Addams
UK
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Doris Lloyd
UK
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Lumsden Hare
Ireland
Best movies:
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Lester Matthews
UK
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Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
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Ian Wolfe
USA
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