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.
| Directing | George Sidney | Director |
| Writing | Margaret Irwin | Novel |
| Writing | Arthur Wimperis | Screenplay |
| Camera | Charles Rosher | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ralph E. Winters | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Sound | Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | Urie McCleary | Art Direction |
| Art | Jack D. Moore | Set Decoration |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Production | Sidney Franklin | Producer |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Writing | Jan Lustig | Screenplay |
| Editing | Henri Jaffa | Colorist |
| Editing | Alvord Eiseman | Colorist |
| Directing | George Rhein | Assistant Director |
| Crew | A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects |
| Crew | Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
