

The Prisoner of Zenda
DirectorRichard Thorpe
“A Swashbuckling Adventure In The Grand Style!”
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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Richard Thorpe - The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Cast

Stewart Granger
Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf V

Deborah Kerr
Princess Flavia

James Mason
Rupert of Hentzau

Louis Calhern
Col. Zapt

Jane Greer
Antoinette de Mauban

Lewis Stone
The Cardinal

Robert Douglas
Michael, Duke of Strelsau

Robert Coote
Fritz von Tarlenheim

Peter Brocco
Johann

Francis Pierlot
Josef

Jay Adler

Kathleen Freeman
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