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Overview

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Writers:
Mark Twain (novel)
Laird Doyle (screenplay)
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Release Date:
8 May 1937 (USA) more
Tagline:
Mark Twain's Immortal Classic !
Plot:
Two lookalike boys, one a poor street kid and the other a prince, exchange places to see what the other's life is like. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Errol Flynn ... Miles Hendon

Claude Rains ... Earl of Hertford
Henry Stephenson ... Duke of Norfolk
Barton MacLane ... John Canty
Billy Mauch ... Tom Canty (as The Mauch Twins)
Robert J. Mauch ... Prince Edward (as The Mauch Twins)
Alan Hale ... Captain of the Guard
Eric Portman ... First Lord
Lionel Pape ... Second Lord
Leonard Willey ... Third Lord
Murray Kinnell ... Hugo
Halliwell Hobbes ... Archbishop
Phyllis Barry ... Barmaid
Ivan F. Simpson ... Clemens (as Ivan Simpson)
Montagu Love ... Henry VIII
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Additional Details

Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Vitaphone
Certification:
West Germany:12 | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #2932) | Australia:G

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William Dieterle filled in as director when William Keighley got the flu. Similarly, cinematographer George Barnes took over as director of photography when Sol Polito fell ill. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After the boys exchange roles, as the Prince (as Tom) goes out to get his dog at the stable he picks up a large candle, but when he comes out the door he no longer has it. more
Quotes:
Prince Edward Tudor: Who are you, fellow?
Miles Hendon: Miles Hendon, Your Majesty.
Prince Edward Tudor: Your name is not familiar. What is your trade?
Miles Hendon: Soldiering, sire.
Prince Edward Tudor: In my service?
Miles Hendon: In the service of anyone who can afford enemies.
Prince Edward Tudor: Soldier of fortune. Strange profession.
Miles Hendon: Well, of the three of them for a gentleman without means I think it's the most amusing. Cheating at cards means associating with dull people. Preaching the gospel means wearing one of those funny hats.
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Referenced in "The Simpsons: The Principal and the Pauper (#9.2)" (1997) more

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Definitive version of much-filmed tale, 13 March 2002
Author: JoeytheBrit from www.moviemoviesite.com

Watching a movie like this is like returning to a much-loved home: tattered townspeople with cor-blimey accents mingle in a suspiciously clean-looking olde-worlde England, bad guys wear their badness on their sleeve for everyone to see, and the screen is filled with reassuringly familiar character actors. Hollywood historical adventures of the thirties - you just can't go wrong.

The Mauch twins are so alike you tend to think you're watching one actor playing two parts, but, in today's effects-heavy climate, the decision to use twins rather than Freddie Bartholomew in a dual role (and no doubt utilizing split-screen techniques that would look distinctly dodgy today)can be seen to be a wise one.

Director Keighley maintains a brisk pace throughout, and elicits a suitably dashing performance from a young Errol Flynn who, although top-billed, does not appear until the film is nearly half over. If you're a fan of old movies you'll love this one, and if you're not you just might be converted.

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