The Prince and the Pauper

1977 113 min ★ 6.1 Drama, Adventure

Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other's clothes, but the plan goes awry when they're separated and each must live the other's life.

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Cast

Mark Lester

Prince Edward / Tom Canty

Oliver Reed

Miles Hendon

Charlton Heston

Henry VIII

David Hemmings

Hugh Hendon

Ernest Borgnine

John Canty

George C. Scott

The Ruffler

Harry Andrews

Hertford

Raquel Welch

Lady Edith

Rex Harrison

The Duke of Norfolk

Sybil Danning

Mother Canty

Details

Director

Richard Fleischer

Screenplay

Pierre Spengler

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$8,000,000

Production

International Film Productions

Reviews

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Filipe Manuel Neto

September 19, 2022

★ 3/10

**A very weak and uninteresting film, despite the constellation of great actors.** I am not a connoisseur of Mark Twain's work, so I was curious to read some things about the original story he wrote after a trip he made to the European continent. From what I've read on the internet about the story, I believe the movie does justice to the source material, but as I didn't get the story to read it...