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Bookmark this pageYoung Bess (1953)
Director: George Sidney
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From Time Out Film Guide
MGM's contribution to the coronation of Elizabeth II was this piece of Tudor tosh about the early years of Elizabeth I. Simmons suppresses giggles, Granger makes Thomas Seymour a pompous ass, Laughton catches up on his Henry VIII, and Kerr plays well below Parr. All it lacks is a commentary by Richard Dimbleby.Author: ATu
Cast & crew
Director: George Sidney
Producer: Sidney A Franklin
Cast: Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, Deborah Kerr, Kay Walsh, Kathleen Byron, Guy Rolfe, Cecil Kellaway, Leo G Carroll full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 112 mins
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