7.1
The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
June 3, 19771h 53mEN
6.0
59 votes
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.
Director
Richard FleischerTop Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$8.0M
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
International Film Productions
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User Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
3.0**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…
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