The Prince and the Pauper

About 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.

The Prince and the Pauper is a 1937 fantasy film directed by William Keighley. It runs 118 minutes and was released in April 1937.

Errol Flynn takes the lead as Miles Hendon, Claude Rains as Earl of Hertford, Henry Stephenson as Duke of Norfolk, and Barton MacLane as John Canty. Written by Laird Doyle. It is adapted from a novel.

Members will find prince, deception, doppelgänger, and 16th century in it.

Mary Queen of Scots, Anne of the Thousand Days, and The Private Life of Henry VIII make useful companions to The Prince and the Pauper, all filed under british monarchy and tudor. It carries a NR rating.