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Crossed Swords   1977         PG, 113 min. Genre: Adventure aka: The Prince and the Pauper Director: Richard Fleischer   Cast: Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, Rex Harrison, David Hemmings, Harry Andrews, Sybil Danning, Murray Melvin, Julian Orchard, Felicity Dean, Graham Stark, Preston Lockwood   In this remake of Mark Twain's classic tale "The Prince and the Pauper," Mark Lester takes on dual roles of both Henry VIII's (Rex Harrison) son Prince Edward and the poor boy from the London slums, Tom. The boys meet, realize that they look alike, trade clothes, and inadvertently switch identities. As they live each other's lives for awhile, both boys find problems associated with the other's life.