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17 March 1978 (USA)
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A poor boy and the Crown Prince of England exchange identities, but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well. full summary | add synopsis
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Star-studded version of Twain's Prince and the Pauper
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Oliver Reed | ... | Miles Hendon |
 | Raquel Welch | ... | Lady Edith |
 | Mark Lester | ... | Prince Edward / Tom Canty |
 | Ernest Borgnine | ... | John Canty |
 | George C. Scott | ... | The Ruffler |
 | Rex Harrison | ... | The Duke of Norfolk |
| David Hemmings | ... | Hugh Hendon |
| Harry Andrews | ... | Hertford |
| Julian Orchard | ... | St. John |
| Murray Melvin | ... | Prince's Dresser |
| Lalla Ward | ... | Princess Elizabeth |
| Felicity Dean | ... | Lady Jane |
 | Sybil Danning | ... | Mother Canty |
| Graham Stark | ... | Jester |
| Preston Lockwood | ... | Father Andrew |
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The Prince and the Pauper (UK)
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Ronald Lacey was cast in the film but replaced.
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Version of Prints i nishchiy (1972) (TV)
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I haven't seen this movie in 20 years, but I remember going to it mostly because of the impressive cast. The lead, playing the dual roles of the prince and the pauper, was Mark Lester, lately of "Oliver". It was too "lately". By the time this movie came out, Lester was FAR too old for the part(s) of street urchin and child king. Charlton Heston (he's Henry VIII here) seems attracted to this phenomenon. He also did Treasure Island with a too old Christian Bale as Jim Hawkins. Anyway, Heston and the rest of the cast did fine jobs, and the picture is good fun if you can fully suspend disbelief in deep voiced Lester as an innocent child.