6.9

The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...
Directed by John Cromwell
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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David Niven
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

Raymond Massey
Black Michael

Montagu Love
Detchard

Philip Sleeman
Albert von Lauengram
Eleanor Wesselhoeft
Frau Holf the Cook

Torben Meyer
Max the Butler

Wilhelm von Brincken
Krafstein (uncredited)

Ben Webster
Lord Topham (uncredited)

Byron Foulger
Johann (uncredited)