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Kings Go Forth

  • 19581958
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.6K
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Kings Go Forth (1958)
Toward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.
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Toward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than h... Read allToward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.Toward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Delmer Daves
  • Writers
    • Joe David Brown(novel: "Kings Go Forth")
    • Merle Miller(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Frank Sinatra
    • Tony Curtis
    • Natalie Wood
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  • Director
    • Delmer Daves
  • Writers
    • Joe David Brown(novel: "Kings Go Forth")
    • Merle Miller(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Frank Sinatra
    • Tony Curtis
    • Natalie Wood
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 33User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
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  • Videos1

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    Frank Sinatra and Tony Curtis in Kings Go Forth (1958)
    Frank Sinatra and Natalie Wood in Kings Go Forth (1958)
    Frank Sinatra, portrait for "Kings Go Forth," 1958. Modern silver gelatin, 14x11, signed. $600 © 1978 Bill Avery MPTV
    Frank Sinatra, portrait for "Kings Go Forth," 1958. Vintage silver gelatin, 7x13.5, signed. $900 © 1978 Bill Avery MPTV
    Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall visiting the set of "Kings Go Forth," 1958. Vintage silver gelatin, 9x14, signed. $800 © 1978 Bill Avery MPTV
    Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner during filming of "Kings Go Forth," two days before wedding, 1957.
    Kings Go Forth (1958)
    Kings Go Forth (1958)
    Natalie Wood in Kings Go Forth (1958)
    Natalie Wood in Kings Go Forth (1958)
    Natalie Wood in Kings Go Forth (1958)
    Natalie Wood in Kings Go Forth (1958)

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    Frank Sinatra
    Frank Sinatra
    • 1st Lt. Sam Logginsas 1st Lt. Sam Loggins
    Tony Curtis
    Tony Curtis
    • Cpl. Britt Harrisas Cpl. Britt Harris
    Natalie Wood
    Natalie Wood
    • Monique Blairas Monique Blair
    Leora Dana
    Leora Dana
    • Mrs. Blairas Mrs. Blair
    Karl Swenson
    Karl Swenson
    • The Colonelas The Colonel
    Ann Codee
    Ann Codee
    • Mme. Brieuxas Mme. Brieux
    Eddie Ryder
    • Cpl. Lindsayas Cpl. Lindsay
    • (as Edward Ryder)
    Jacques Berthe
    • Jean-François Dauvah, Boyas Jean-François Dauvah, Boy
    Pete Candoli
    Pete Candoli
    • Jazz Musician: Trumpetas Jazz Musician: Trumpet
    • (uncredited)
    Cyril Delevanti
    Cyril Delevanti
    • Blairs' Butleras Blairs' Butler
    • (uncredited)
    Marie Isnard
    • Old Frenchwoman with Wineas Old Frenchwoman with Wine
    • (uncredited)
    Richie Kamuca
    Richie Kamuca
    • Jazz Musician: Tenor Saxas Jazz Musician: Tenor Sax
    • (uncredited)
    Mel Lewis
    • Jazz Musician: Drumsas Jazz Musician: Drums
    • (uncredited)
    Red Norvo
    Red Norvo
    • Jazz Musician: Vibraphoneas Jazz Musician: Vibraphone
    • (uncredited)
    Mark Tapscott
    Mark Tapscott
    • Captain Harrisonas Captain Harrison
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmy Weible
    • Jazz Musician: Guitaras Jazz Musician: Guitar
    • (uncredited)
    Red Wooten
    • Jazz Musician: Bassas Jazz Musician: Bass
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Delmer Daves
    • Writers
      • Joe David Brown(novel: "Kings Go Forth")
      • Merle Miller(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The role of Monique was originally written with Dorothy Dandridge in mind.
    • Goofs
      The music played in the jazz club scene is a style from the 1950s, when the movie was filmed, not from the 1940s when the movie is set.
    • Quotes

      1st Lt. Sam Loggins: [G.I.s are marching through a liberated town in France, and Lt. Loggins stops in front of an old woman who is offering the G.I.s a drink of wine. He takes a glass of wine from the woman] Bonjour, madame!

      Old Frenchwoman with Wine: Bonjour, monsieur! Vive l' Amerique!

      1st Lt. Sam Loggins: Vive la France!

      Old Frenchwoman with Wine: Vive le President Roosevelt!

      1st Lt. Sam Loggins: Vive le General de Gaulle!

      Old Frenchwoman with Wine: Vive le Radio City Music Hall!

      1st Lt. Sam Loggins: Vive les Folies Bergere!

    • Connections
      Referenced in In Person (1993)

    User reviews33

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    KINGS GO FORTH (Delmer Daves, 1958) ***
    My father owns a paperback edition of the Joe David Brown novel which inspired this film and I recall reading it many years ago. Ever since his Oscar triumph in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953), Frank Sinatra tried to augment his typically light material with heavier stuff: in 1958, he had two of the latter back-to-back (along with Vincente Minnelli’s SOME CAME RUNNING) and, curiously enough, he finds himself with the less showier of the lead roles here.

    Tony Curtis’ part as the smooth-talking but put-upon charmer is effectively an extension of his Sidney Falco in Alexander Mackendrick’s SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957). The female roles are equally well filled: a lovely 19-year old Natalie Wood plays a young mulatto American raised in France who comes between Army “buddies” Sinatra and Curtis, while 35-year old Leora Dana is cast as Wood’s proud middle-aged mother (she must have quite impressed Sinatra because she was in SOME CAME RUNNING too – as Arthur Kennedy’s wife).

    The film – backed by a fine score from Elmer Bernstein and including a jam session featuring Curtis and real-life jazz musicians – is well enough made scene by scene and certainly well acted, but the effect is slightly diluted by the unnecessary and ultra-soapy coda (Sinatra losing an arm, Dana dying, Wood gathering together and teaching war orphans – but especially the corny children’ song at the very end). The film is much more of a romantic melodrama than it is a war movie, but the few action sequences therein are good and well spread out throughout the film.

    Delmer Daves may have been best renowned for his Westerns – but his very first shot as a director had actually come via a war movie, DESTINATION TOKYO (1943), and he eventually returned to the same territory intermittently with PRIDE OF THE MARINES (1945), TASK FORCE (1949) and, finally, KINGS GO FORTH itself.
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    • May 17, 2008

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 28, 1958 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Rivalen
    • Filming locations
      • Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France
    • Production companies
      • Frank Ross-Eton Productions
      • Eton Productions
      • Frank Ross Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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