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Kim (1950) -- Trailer for this classic big screen spectacle filmed in India

Overview

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Director:
Victor Saville
Writers:
Leon Gordon (screenplay) and
Helen Deutsch (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 January 1951 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | Family more
Tagline:
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Plot:
Kim, a young boy living on his own on the streets of India, is actually the son of a British officer... more | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
India | Spy | Lama | Goat | Cobra
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Cast

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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
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
113 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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 more
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

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. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Near the end, Kim's string of beads alternates between being tucked inside his jacket in full shots and hanging outside the coat, draped over his lapels, in close-ups more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Arrebato (1980) more
Soundtrack:
D'Ye Ken John Peel? more

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The Quest is the Key, 20 December 2004
9/10
Author: Lan Ledbetter (eaglesnest@livingston.net) from United States

When KIM came out (1950) I was 10 years old. I was fascinated with the intrigue of a boy like me getting involved in a spy situation. Dean Stockwell was 12 or 13 at the time. The film stuck so close to me over the years that I wrote about it later in high school and remember it well to this day some 54 years later.

Yes, there is action but not the usual, now-a-days blood-and-guts for two hours. In between the chilling scenes were the spy intrigues of the British trying to hold on to their empire. It was easy to tell the good guys from the bad. I admired the skill of Stockwell then and still do. His career has spanned nearly 60 years now.

Watch KIM -- again and again. I still get something new every time I see it.

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