The Prince and the Pauper

1962

Adventure

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 56%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 56%
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 510 510

prince pauper

Plot summary

In the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange "roles" for a short while. After many adventures, the prince regains his rightful identity and graciously makes his "twin" a ward of the court.

Director

Don Chaffey Photo
Don Chaffey

Top cast

Geoffrey Keen Photo
Geoffrey Keen as Yokel
Nigel Green Photo
Nigel Green as The Ruffler
Richard O'Sullivan Photo
Richard O'Sullivan as John Marlowe
Peter Butterworth Photo
Peter Butterworth as Will
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861.5 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 4
1.56 GB
1800*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   cz   dk   de   gr   es   fi   fr   hu   ja   kr   nl   no   pl   pt   ro   sv   tr   cn  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

The Prince and the Pauper

A fun adaptation of Mark Twain's ultimate doppelgänger story. Sean Scully is the beggar ("Tom Canty") who stumbles into the palace of Henry VIII (Paul Rogers) where he encounters a curious Prince of Wales - who might be his twin! The Prince is struggling to find attire for a rather tiresome fancy dress party and hits on the idea of swapping clothes with his new, scruffy, friend. The guards assume the prince is really the pauper and evict him from his grandeur to make his way in the squalid streets of "Offal Court"; where he meets "Miles Hendon" (Guy Williams) and sets about convincing him, and everyone else of his true identity. Meantime "Tom" is having as equally an hard time convincing all the folks in the palace that he isn't actually the Prince - and when Henry VII dies - the King too. It's an enjoyable, colourful historical adventure with some swash and buckle; good attention to the detail of Tudor Court and costumes and the likes of Jane Asher, Donald Houston and Laurence Naismith all support the young Scully well.
Reviewed by alabamamudflap 7 / 10

Good Film, Bad Teeth

I can't even fathom how bad the king's breath had to have been. If those teeth were fake it is without a doubt the best makeup trick in the history of film. In fact, I have nightmares to this day of that big fat king lying there in bed, calling his son to him so he can breathe in his face. I'm sure the prince just loved those face to face meetings. "Hey, dad! Thanks for leaving an entire steak's worth of meat to rot between your teeth! Sing to me! Sing soooo slowly into my face!" My opinion of this movie is that it is amazing. The mother's accent is alone worth the time, but there are plenty of other pearls nestled within.
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