The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper (1937)

Mark Twain's Immortal Classic !

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.

Date of release
1937-04-30
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (42)
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director
William Keighley

Casting

  • Errol Flynn — Miles Hendon
  • Claude Rains — Earl of Hertford
  • Henry Stephenson — Duke of Norfolk
  • Barton MacLane — John Canty
  • Billy Mauch — Tom Canty
  • Robert J. Mauch — Prince Edward
  • Alan Hale — Captain of the Guard
  • Eric Portman — First Lord
  • Lionel Pape — Second Lord
  • Leonard Willey — Third Lord
  • Murray Kinnell — Hugo
  • Halliwell Hobbes — Archbishop

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