The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

118 mins | Drama, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | April 30, 1937

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.

The Prince and the Pauper

118 mins | Drama, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | April 30, 1937

The Prince and the Pauper
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures
Original title The Prince and the Pauper
Directors William Keighley
Writers Laird Doyle, Mark Twain

Cast

Errol Flynn

as Miles Hendon

Claude Rains

as Earl of Hertford

Henry Stephenson

as Duke of Norfolk

Barton MacLane

as John Canty

Billy Mauch

as Tom Canty

Robert J. Mauch

as Prince Edward

Alan Hale

as Captain of the Guard

Eric Portman

as First Lord

Lionel Pape

as Second Lord

Leonard Willey

as Third Lord

Murray Kinnell

as Hugo

Halliwell Hobbes

as Archbishop

Phyllis Barry

as Barmaid

Ivan F. Simpson

as Clemens

Montagu Love

as Henry VIII

Fritz Leiber

as Father Andrew

Elspeth Dudgeon

as Grandmother Canty

Mary Field

as Mrs. Canty

Forrester Harvey

as Meaty Man

Joan Valerie

as Lady Jane Seymour

Lester Matthews

as St. John

Robert Adair

as First Guard

Harry Cording

as Second Guard

Robert Warwick

as Lord Warwick

Rex Evans

as Rich Man

Holmes Herbert

as First Doctor

Ian Maclaren

as Second Doctor

Anne Howard

as Lady Jane Grey

Gwendolyn Jones

as Lady Elizabeth

Lionel Braham

as Ruffler

Harry Beresford

as The Watch

Lionel Belmore

as Innkeeper

Ian Wolfe

as Proprietor

William Ripley Dorr

as Choir (as St. Luke's Choristers)

John George

as Beggar

Eric Snowden

as Cockney