Kim (1950)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Victor Saville

Writers:

Leon Gordon (screenplay) and
Helen Deutsch (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 January 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Family

Tagline:

M-G-M Presents One Of The Year's Biggest!

Plot:

Kim, a young boy living on his own on the streets of India, is actually the son of a British officer...

Plot Keywords:

India | Child | Lama | Spy | Fall From Height

Cast

Errol Flynn	...	Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard
Dean Stockwell	...	Kim
Paul Lukas	...	Lama
Robert Douglas	...	Colonel Creighton
Thomas Gomez	...	Emissary
Cecil Kellaway	...	Hurree Chunder
Arnold Moss	...	Lurgan Sahib
Reginald Owen	...	Father Victor
Laurette Luez	...	Laluli
Richard Hale	...	Hassan Bey - Narrator
Roman Toporow	...	Russian
Ivan Triesault	...	Russian

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

UK:U | USA:Passed | USA:Approved (PCA #14535) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1971) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Originally bought as a property for Freddie Bartholomew in 1938. Production was so far under way (including Bartholomew posing with Indian elephants for newsreel cameras), that the project was eventually abandoned to save costs.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Kim is being pulled back up from the cliff ledge, safety wire is visible.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Arrebato (1980)

Soundtrack:

John Peel

Comments on "Kim" 1950

Excellent rendition of the Rudyard Kipling novel! True to the book, and preserving the nuance and subtleties of the original. A must see for any one and highly recomended for children. A great stocking stuffer, or gift for any child as an opening to the great writing of Kipling.