The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
Director: Richard Fleischer · Writers: Berta Domínguez D., George MacDonald Fraser, Pierre Spengler
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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Director
Richard Fleischer
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 
Julian Orchard
. St.John 
Murray Melvin
Prince's Dresser User Reviews (1)
**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, I want to make it clear that I could be wrong. Summing up in a few words the whole plot, what we have is a story in which a poor teenager, whom his father taught to steal, penetrates the palace of King Henry VIII and comes across the heir to the crown, Prince Edward. The two quickly realize that they are identical lookalikes and the prince decides to change clothes with the beggar so they both go to a masked ball. It turns out that the disguise turns out to be too good, and the real prince …
