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The Sword and the Rose, (first released on July 23, 1953) is a United States family and adventure film, produced by Disney and directed by Ken Annakin. The film features the story of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henry VIII of England.

Based on the 1898 novel When Knighthood Was in Flower
by Charles Major, it was originally made into a motion picture in 1908 and again in 1922. The 1953 Disney version was adapted for the screen by Lawrence Edward Watkin. In 1956, it was broadcast on American television in two parts under the original book title.

Cast

Mary Tudor - Glynis Johns
King Henry VIII - James Robertson Justice
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk - Richard Todd
Duke of Buckingham - Michael Gough
Lady Margaret - Jane Barrett
Sir Edwin Caskoden - Peter Copley
Lord Chamberlain - Ernest Jay
Louis XII - Jean Mercure
Cardinal Wolsey - D.A. Clarke-Smith
Dauphin of France - Gérard Oury
DeLongueville - Fernand Fabre
Antoine Duprat - Gaston Richer
Queen Katherine - Rosalie Crutchley

Game

An unrelated Amiga computer game has the same name.

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