Where to Watch Young Bess (1953)

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Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Young Bess' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Young Bess' right now, here are some finer points about the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama flick.

Released May 29th, 1953, 'Young Bess' stars Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 52 min, and received a user score of 59 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 17 knowledgeable users.

Curious to know what the movie's 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." .