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68% Critic Match
The Prince and the Pauper
“Mark Twain's Immortal Classic !”
6.8 / 10• 1937• 1h 58m•NR• English
AdventureDramaFamilyFantasy
Storyline
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.
Cast & Crew
Errol Flynn
Miles Hendon
Lead
Claude Rains
Earl of Hertford
Henry Stephenson
Duke of Norfolk
Barton MacLane
John Canty
Billy Mauch
Tom Canty
RJ
Robert J. Mauch
Prince Edward
Alan Hale
Captain of the Guard
Eric Portman
First Lord
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William Keighley's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Prince and the Pauper is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
