the reign of edward vi of england would be little remembered if it not be for the writing of this story by an american of all people and mark twain . in point of fact edward tudor ascend the english throne in 1547 and the son of henry viii and die six year later and not even reach his maturity . his reign and such a it be and be mark by a struggle for power by several faction of noble . that story can be see in the film young bess and also in lady jane . there be no happily ever after ending for young tudor . at first glance it wouldn not seem possible that samuel langhorne clemens of hannibal and missouri could write a classic tale about medieval england . but think about it and be the poverty and young tom canty deal with it in offal court all that different from huckleberry finn . be his father and a coarse and brutal man beautifully play by barton maclane and all that different from huck finn pap . twain know his character well and it he have any trouble with get the idiom just right he need only have look to charles dickens who be write about just such people a generation before . the story be simply that tom canty and a beggar boy from offal court in london get into the palace of the king and meet up with young prince edward . they look alike enough to be twin and in fact they be play by twin brother billy and bobby mauch . they exchange place and the switch work only too well . top bill in the film be errol flynn who play the fictional mile hendon and soldier of fortune just return from the continent . flynn be the big name in the cast and but the film be half over before he make his appearance . in point of fact and he really in support of the mauch twin . it flynn third appearance with sword in hand for warner brother after captain blood and charge of the light brigade . this film also mark flynn first film with alan hale who appear in eleven film with errol . a film wasn not official at warner brother unless either alan hale or frank mchugh be in it . jack warner keep both those guy real busy . also in the film be henry stephenson and claude rain who play compete noble vie to be top man in their minority monarch reign . a i say unfortunately that mark edward vi entire time on england throne . but we have mark twain in his classic story and the brother warner to thank for bring edward vi story to life for generation to come . i wonder if during his short life and young edward might really have wish to escape what he have and even if it mean a place like offal court .