Sounds strange an American writer had wrote a novel about The Tudor's tale, Richard Fleischer and producer make a re-reading over the classic novel including some characters, and changing the movie's name to Crossed Swords instead the original, in this version the highlight is Oliver Reed, even with stellar casting as Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Harry Andrews, Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, David Hemmings and Sybil Danning not bad to start, but aside a fine casting the picture didn't have any impact as its furerunner.
The premise is the same when England was ruled by the womanizer Henry VIII (Charlton Heston) who was ill and about to die, his only son the Prince Edward (Mark Lester) was the next to inherit the crow, but appears a pauper Tom (Mark Lester in double role) on the Eduard chamber and they realize the extreme similarities over themselves and the Prince switch their clothes appearing to the court members that spelled such pauper of the castle.
He was helped by a soldier of fortune Miles Hendon (Oliver Reed) that taken to his room for overnight stay, Eduard swears be the real Prince, meanwhile Hendon mocking him, although his good manners and so polite to speaking of the teenager let him puzzled.
Then Hendon meets the ruthless John Kent (Ernest Borgnine) Tom's father to clarifies the unusual case, the meeting wasn't successful ends up in a widespread braw, Hendon seemingly is dead and John Kent running away to hidden on the Ruffler's lair, taking Eduard, there he prove to Ruffler a skilled fighter, the wise man let him goes away,
Aftermaths bumping into Hendon who was at his trail, the finally Hendon told his past to Eduard who he really is, a owner of a ritzy palace, when he leaves to make fortune at European's wars and going back to your property and wife Lady Edith (Rachel Welsh), nonetheless his brother has another plan to him, meanwhile in London King Henry already died and a phony prince will be crowned.
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First Watch: 1987 /How many: 5 /Source: TV-Youtube /Rating: 7.5.
The premise is the same when England was ruled by the womanizer Henry VIII (Charlton Heston) who was ill and about to die, his only son the Prince Edward (Mark Lester) was the next to inherit the crow, but appears a pauper Tom (Mark Lester in double role) on the Eduard chamber and they realize the extreme similarities over themselves and the Prince switch their clothes appearing to the court members that spelled such pauper of the castle.
He was helped by a soldier of fortune Miles Hendon (Oliver Reed) that taken to his room for overnight stay, Eduard swears be the real Prince, meanwhile Hendon mocking him, although his good manners and so polite to speaking of the teenager let him puzzled.
Then Hendon meets the ruthless John Kent (Ernest Borgnine) Tom's father to clarifies the unusual case, the meeting wasn't successful ends up in a widespread braw, Hendon seemingly is dead and John Kent running away to hidden on the Ruffler's lair, taking Eduard, there he prove to Ruffler a skilled fighter, the wise man let him goes away,
Aftermaths bumping into Hendon who was at his trail, the finally Hendon told his past to Eduard who he really is, a owner of a ritzy palace, when he leaves to make fortune at European's wars and going back to your property and wife Lady Edith (Rachel Welsh), nonetheless his brother has another plan to him, meanwhile in London King Henry already died and a phony prince will be crowned.
Thanks for reading.
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First Watch: 1987 /How many: 5 /Source: TV-Youtube /Rating: 7.5.