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A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
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Rescue MissionCourtroom DramaLove TriangleKidnappingImpersonationPolitical ConspiracyRoyal ImpostorSwordplay




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Directed by: John Cromwell, James Wong Howe, Bert Glennon
Written by: Edward E. Rose, Sidney Howard, Ben Hecht
Produced by: David O. Selznick, William H. Wright
Composed by: Alfred Newman
Cast

Ronald Colman
Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda

Madeleine Carroll
Princess Flavia

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Rupert of Hentzau

Mary Astor
Antoinette de Mauban

C. Aubrey Smith
Colonel Zapt

David Niven
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

Raymond Massey
Black Michael

Montagu Love
Detchard

Philip Sleeman
Albert von Lauengram

Torben Meyer
Max the Butler
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