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03/06/1977 Drama, Adventure 1h 53m
60
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Overview

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.

  1. Richard Fleischer

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mark Lester

    Prince Edward / Tom Canty

  2. Oliver Reed

    Miles Hendon

  3. Charlton Heston

    Henry VIII

  4. David Hemmings

    Hugh Hendon

  5. Ernest Borgnine

    John Canty

  6. George C. Scott

    The Ruffler

  7. Harry Andrews

    Hertford

  8. Raquel Welch

    Lady Edith

  9. Rex Harrison

    The Duke of Norfolk

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Reviews

A review by Filipe Manuel Neto
Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on 2022-09-19
**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 o...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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