Two boys β the prince Edward and the pauper Tom β 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.

Errol Flynn
as Miles Hendon

Claude Rains
as Earl of Hertford

Henry Stephenson
as Duke of Norfolk

Barton MacLane
as John Canty

Billy Mauch
as Tom Canty

Robert J. Mauch
as Prince Edward

Alan Hale
as Captain of the Guard

Eric Portman
as First Lord

Lionel Pape
as Second Lord

Leonard Willey
as Third Lord
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So Henry VIII finally has his beloved son - the Prince Edward whom he protects at all costs. All the walls and guards, though, don't stop the wandering urchin "Tom Canty" from getting into his apartment. The two boys chat and decide it might be a bit of fun to swap clothes as the King is throwing a ...