Movielogr
The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
Directed by Richard Fleischer
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Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other’s clothes, but the plan goes awry when they are separated and each must live the other’s life.
Rated PG | Length 113 minutes
Actors
Mark Lester | Oliver Reed | Charlton Heston | David Hemmings | Ernest Borgnine | George C. Scott | Harry Andrews | Raquel Welch | Rex Harrison | Sybil Danning | Julian Orchard | Murray Melvin | Lalla Ward | Felicity Dean | Graham Stark | Preston Lockwood | Arthur Hewlett | Tommy Wright | Harry Fowler | Richard Hurndall | Dan Meaden | Tyrone Cassidy | Don Henderson | Sydney Bromley | Ruth Madoc | Dudley Sutton | Roy Evans | William Lawford | Peter O'Farrell | Anthony Sharp | Peter Cellier | Andrew Lodge | Igor De Savitch | Dervis Ward | Michael Ripper | Jacques Le Carpentier
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/09/2020 | TV | DVD | Library | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Requested this from the library around the same time I requested the Three Musketeer films (from the same production crew) bc all these films shared some of the same cast. Here Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, and Sybil Danning were also in the musketeer films.
This adaptation of the Mark Twain novel is a bit more bland than those musketeer flicks lacking the energy and humor of those. Unlike those movies no one looks like they’re having fun in this movie despite it trying really hard to be comedic at times. Even Oliver Reed as the swashbuckling Miles Hendon seems like he wants to be elsewhere. Welch, who is second billed, doesn’t show up until almost 90 minutes into the story (she’s married to David Hemmings—DEEP RED—who is nice to see hamming it up here).
Even though this does have a very good cast it’s just flat overall that feels like it’s just going through the story beats but not doing anything interesting.
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