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The Prince and the Pauper

1977 · 113 min

A stately, old-fashioned adventure that mixes palace intrigue with street-level grit, offering earnest lessons about identity and justice.

Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Genres
Drama, Adventure
Starring
Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston
Overview
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're separated and each must live the other's life.

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Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Genres
Drama, Adventure
Starring
Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • class
  • power
  • justice
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, adventure
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Written by
Berta Domínguez D., Pierre Spengler, George MacDonald Fraser
Starring
Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, David Hemmings, Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, Harry Andrews, Raquel Welch
Music
Maurice Jarre
Cinematography
Jack Cardiff
Runtime
113 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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