The Prince and the Pauper
1937 · 118 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 3,015 VOTES · DIR. William Keighley
Overview
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,335 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:58 It's a boy!
00:07:03 Absit invidia'
00:11:23 Please, give me back my book.
00:16:41 Quill, you suggest something.
00:20:03 That is the paradox of power.
00:25:04 - Are you hurt? - No, sir, Your Highness, sir.
00:28:32 - Nice, aren't they? - Eat it, lad.
00:34:51 But, Your Highness, you are the Prince.
00:39:25 Please, don't behead me. Please, let me go home.
00:42:55 And that he...
00:46:36 I suppose it wasn't so very funny, though.
00:51:00 Our difficulties would be resolved by His Majesty's permanent absence.
00:55:37 You're too familiar, my man.
01:00:50 Have I enough clothes to go around?
01:05:43 The man from whom you bought the candlestick.
01:10:46 perhaps you can use his share of a candlestick we lifted together.
01:14:38 This order is signed by His Majesty...
01:18:27 You mannerless vagrants.
01:23:02 I'll steal.
01:28:36 The boy has escaped from a London madhouse.
01:33:25 "but deliver us from evil."
01:44:02 You'll have your ears taken off if you don't go.
01:47:24 Yes, Your Majesty.
01:53:44 But if he had gone out among his people without his crown...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,335
Dialogue density11.3 lines / min
First line00:01:58
Final line01:53:44
Production Record
DirectorWilliam Keighley
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,015