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The Prisoner of Zenda   1952         N/R, 100 min. Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance Director: Richard Thorpe   Cast: Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Louis Calhern, Jane Greer, Lewis Stone, Robert Douglas, Robert Coote, James Mason, Peter Brocco, Francis Pierlot, Jay Adler, Kathleen Freeman, John Goldsworthy, Forbes Murray, Thomas Browne Henry   In this remake of the 1937 film, Stewart Granger stars in the Ronald Colman role of an Englishman, Rudolf Rassendyll, who vacations in Romania where it is discovered that he has a surprising resemblance to Romania's Prince Rudolph (also played by Granger). The Prince's brother Michael, Duke of Strelsau (Robert Douglas) plans to usurp the throne and drugs the Prince the night before his coronation. Because he looks so much like the Prince, Rudolf is asked to impersonate the Prince during the coronation and foil the plot of his evil brother. Once he catches on to the subterfuge, the brother imprisons the real Prince, and now Rudolf, while carrying out the ruse, begins to fall in love with the Prince's fiancee Princess Flavia (Deborah Kerr). Cast Stewart Granger Rudolf Rassendyll/King Rudolf Deborah Kerr Princess Flavia Louis Calhern Col. Zapt Jane Greer Antoinette de Mauban Lewis Stone The Cardinal Robert Douglas Michael, Duke of Strelsau Robert Coote Fritz von Tarlenheim James Mason Rupert of Hentzau Peter Brocco Johann Francis Pierlot Josef Jay Adler Customs Officer Kathleen Freeman Gertrud Holf John Goldsworthy Archbishop Forbes Murray Dignitary Thomas Browne Henry Detchard