Now, before we get into the key details of how you can watch 'Young Bess' right now, here are some finer points about the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama flick. Young Bess starring Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton has a NR rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 52 min. The release date of the movie is May 29th, 1953. is derived from active
Wondering what this story is all about? Here's the plot: "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."
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'Young Bess' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on May 29th, 1953
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
August 3rd, 2010
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