The Sword and the Rose
A Forbidden Love That Threatened Two Kingdoms!
6.4 / 10
92 minutes
1953-07-23
English
US
Actors :
Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, Michael Gough, Peter Copley, Rosalie Crutchley, D.A. Clarke-Smith, Jane Barrett, Ernest Jay, John Vere, Philip Lennard, Bryan Coleman, Phillip Glasier, Jean Mercure, Gérard Oury
Description
Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to wed her to the King of France. She tries to flee to America with her love but is captured when she is "un-hatted" on board ship. In return for her consent to the marriage with France, Henry agrees to let her choose her second husband. When King Louis of France dies, Mary is kidnaped by the Duke of Buckingham. He tries to force her to marry him but she is rescued by her love in an exciting battle on the beach.
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CinemaSerf
3/25/2023, 8:38:23 PM
Hats of to Walt Disney (and to James Robertson Justice) for managing to turn the rather unpleasant English King Henry VIII into an engaging, cheeky character who likes nothing better than to spat with his younger sister Mary (Glynis Johns) who is determined to live her own life, despite her brother's dynastic ambitions for her. She alights on the newly appointed captain of the King's Guard "Brando...