The Sword and the Rose (1953)
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Directors
Ken Annakin
Cast
Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, Richard Todd, Michael Gough
The story
Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She persuades her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement.
Genres
Adventure, Historical drama, adventure film, biographical film, swashbuckler film
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