♾️ The Sword and the Rose is a 1953 Anglo-US 'Walt Disney Productions' historical adventure film. It features Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, and Michael Gough. ♾️ The story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to marry her off to the King of France. She tries to flee to America with her lover, but is captured when she is "un-hatted" on board ship. In return for her consent to the marriage with France, Henry agrees to let her choose her second husband. When King Louis of France dies, Mary is kidnapped by the Duke of Buckingham. He tries to force her to marry him but she is rescued.