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The Prince and the Pauper is a american film of genre Drama directed by Olivier Assayas released in USA on 17 march 1978 with Mark Lester

The Prince and the Pauper (1977)

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The Prince and the Pauper
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Released in USA 17 march 1978
Length 1h53
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Action,    Adventure
Rating61% 3.0978053.0978053.0978053.0978053.097805

Crossed Swords (UK title: The Prince and the Pauper) is a 1977 action adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer, based on The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. It stars Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Raquel Welch, George C. Scott, Charlton Heston and Sir Rex Harrison.

The film was notable for featuring an all-star cast of British and American actors in the supporting parts.

Synopsis

In 16th Century London, a pauper called Tom Canty reads to a group a children but is attacked and threatened by his cruel father John Canty to steal five shillings by suppertime or get beaten. Tom goes into the city square and steals a purse from a rich man, but drops it after bumping into another man. Thinking that Tom still has the purse, the rich man and other men chase Tom through the streets of London. Tom escapes by climbing up a wall and through a window, where he falls into a palace garden in front of King Henry VIII, who sets the guards on him. However, Tom outruns them by going to the roof of the castle and hiding in a chimney. In the grounds, Henry VIII orders for The Duke of Norfolk to be arrested during the masked ball that evening.

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