Young Bess (1953)
A Great and Spectacular Drama!
1953 · NR · 1h 52m · Drama, History, Romance
Genres: Drama, History, Romance
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…
Director: George Sidney
Writers: Arthur Wimperis, Margaret Irwin, Jan Lustig
Music by: Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography: Charles Rosher
Editor: Ralph E. Winters
Cast
Jean Simmons as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)Stewart Granger as Thomas SeymourDeborah Kerr as Catherine ParrCharles Laughton as King Henry VIIIKay Walsh as Mrs. AshleyGuy Rolfe as Ned SeymourKathleen Byron as Ann SeymourCecil Kellaway as Mr. ParryRex Thompson as Prince Edward / King Edward VIRobert Arthur as BarnabyLeo G. Carroll as Mr. MumsNorma Varden as Lady TyrwhittMore like this
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