SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORROR FILM SEQUELS.LOVE AND BETRAYAL: THE MIA FARROW STORY.NR 1 hr 41 min Sep 2nd, 1937 Drama, Adventure, Romance. Verdict: Colman and Massey are always interesting to watch. (1937) 'The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed.' TMDb Score. The film is capped by an exciting sword fight between Colman and Fairbanks, but it never quite becomes a classic. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor and. as the haughty, deceptively sinister Rupert. The film stars Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., with a supporting cast including C. The film starred Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., with a supporting cast including C. Of the many film adaptations, this is considered by many to be the definitive version. Aubrey Smith and David Niven as the king's friends and comrades Mary Astor as the woman who loves Massey not wisely but too well and especially Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1937 American black-and-white adventure film based on the Anthony Hope 1894 novel of the same name and the 1896 play. Will Princess Flavia (Madeleine Carroll), the prince's beloved, be able to see past the deception? And what happens when the real king gets kidnapped? Colman is terrific in both roles, and there is also expert work from the lovely Carroll Raymond Massey as his evil brother, who wants the crown for himself C. When the prince is given a knock-out potion on the night before his coronation, his aides importune the major to impersonate him or all will be lost. The two men meet and turn out to be cousins. Major Rudolph Rassendyll (Ronald Colman) is vacationing when people keep remarking upon his strong resemblance to Prince Rudolph (also played by Colman).