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The Prince and the Pauper   1937         N/R, 115 min. Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy Director: William Keighley   Cast: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Billy Mauch, Robert J. Mauch, Alan Hale, Montagu Love, Barton MacLane, Henry Stephenson, Eric Portman, Halliwell Hobbes, Lionel Pape, Leonard Willey, Murray Kinnell, Phyllis Barry, Ivan F. Simpson   Two boys meet—one is Prince Edward (Robert J. Mauch), and the other is a poor boy from London's slums, Tom (Billy Mauch)—and are struck by their physical resemblance to each other. While playing, they exchange clothes and identities, and Edward is evicted from the palace by the Captain of the Guard (Alan Hale) who believes he is a pauper. Now, Tom is thought to be the Prince of Wales by everyone except the evil Earl of Hertford (Claude Rains) who uses the deception as his chance to control the throne. Meanwhile, Edward lives with Tom's father (Barton MacLane) until he is befriended by a soldier of fortune, Miles Hendon (Errol Flynn), who takes him to the palace where he proves his real identity in time to be crowned King of England. A great musical score backs up this film version of Mark Twain's story. Cast Errol Flynn Miles Hendon Claude Rains Earl of Hertford Billy Mauch Tom Canty Robert J. Mauch Prince Edward Alan Hale Captain of the Guard Montagu Love Henry VIII Barton MacLane John Canty Henry Stephenson Duke of Norfolk Eric Portman First Lord Halliwell Hobbes Archbishop Lionel Pape Second Lord Leonard Willey Third Lord Murray Kinnell Hugo Phyllis Barry Barmaid Ivan F. Simpson Clemens

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