The Prince and the Showgirl

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6.419571h 55mReleased

Comedy

Romance

Overview

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

StatusReleased

Release Date1957-06-13

Runtime1h 55m

LanguagesDeutschEnglishFrançaisქართული

CountriesUnited KingdomUnited States of America

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Cast & Crew

Marilyn Monroe

as Elsie

Laurence Olivier

as The Regent

Sybil Thorndike

as The Queen Dowager

Richard Wattis

as Northbrook

Jeremy Spenser

as King Nicolas

David Horne

as The Foreign Office

Harold Goodwin

as Call Boy

Gladys Henson

as Dresser

Jean Kent

as Maisie Springfield

Charles Victor

as Theatre Manager

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Mar 8, 2026

7/10

Luckily Queen Elizabeth II allowed some of her own Coronation footage from 1953 to double up for her grandfather’s forty-odd years earlier and so provide a backdrop for this unlikely romance between a visiting prince regent and a theatrical type who might well have piqued the interest of Edward VII. The fastidious prince (Laurence Olivier) is atten…

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