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Wee Willie Winkie

  • 1937
  • PG
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Shirley Temple and Victor McLaglen in Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
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Priscilla Williams, a young girl living with her widowed mother and paternal grandfather at the post he commands in northern India, becomes enamored of military life and embroiled in brewing... Read allPriscilla Williams, a young girl living with her widowed mother and paternal grandfather at the post he commands in northern India, becomes enamored of military life and embroiled in brewing rebellion against the crown in the early 1900's.Priscilla Williams, a young girl living with her widowed mother and paternal grandfather at the post he commands in northern India, becomes enamored of military life and embroiled in brewing rebellion against the crown in the early 1900's.

  • Director
    • John Ford
  • Writers
    • Ernest Pascal
    • Julien Josephson
    • Rudyard Kipling
  • Stars
    • Shirley Temple
    • Victor McLaglen
    • C. Aubrey Smith
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Ford
    • Writers
      • Ernest Pascal
      • Julien Josephson
      • Rudyard Kipling
    • Stars
      • Shirley Temple
      • Victor McLaglen
      • C. Aubrey Smith
    • 31User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Shirley Temple
    Shirley Temple
    • Priscilla Williams
    Victor McLaglen
    Victor McLaglen
    • Sgt. MacDuff
    C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith
    • Col. Williams
    June Lang
    June Lang
    • Joyce Williams
    Michael Whalen
    Michael Whalen
    • Coppy - Lt. Brandes
    Cesar Romero
    Cesar Romero
    • Khoda Khan
    Constance Collier
    Constance Collier
    • Mrs. Allardyce
    Douglas Scott
    Douglas Scott
    • Mott
    Gavin Muir
    Gavin Muir
    • Capt. Bibberbeigh
    Willie Fung
    Willie Fung
    • Mohammet Dihn
    Brandon Hurst
    Brandon Hurst
    • Bagby
    Lionel Pape
    Lionel Pape
    • Maj. Allardyce
    Clyde Cook
    Clyde Cook
    • Pipe Major Sneath
    Bunny Beatty
    • Elsie Allardyce
    • (as Lauri Beatty)
    Lionel Braham
    Lionel Braham
    • Maj. Gen. Hammond
    Mary Forbes
    Mary Forbes
    • Mrs. MacMonachie
    Cyril McLaglen
    Cyril McLaglen
    • Cpl. Tummel
    Pat Somerset
    Pat Somerset
    • Officer
    • Director
      • John Ford
    • Writers
      • Ernest Pascal
      • Julien Josephson
      • Rudyard Kipling
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Shirley Temple disclosed in her autobiography that this was the only film she made in which she received an onscreen spanking, much to the chagrin of June Lang who played the spanker and feared that her career would suffer as a result of the audience seeing the popular Shirley being treated in this fashion. The scene was shot but cut from the final film.
    • Quotes

      Priscilla Williams: [on her new nickname] Wee Willie Winkie. It does sound like a soldier, doesn't it?

      Sgt. Donald MacDuff: Aye.

      Priscilla Williams: Then I'd be Private Winkie!

      Sgt. Donald MacDuff: Private Winkie it is. A full-fledged soldier of the Queen!

    • Alternate versions
      Also available in a computer colorized version.
    • Connections
      Featured in The World According to Smith & Jones: The Victorians (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Auld Lang Syne
      (1788) (uncredited)

      Traditional

      Music Arranged by Alfred Newman and Herbert W. Spencer

      Lyrics by Robert Burns

      Sung a cappella by Shirley Temple

    User reviews31

    Featured review
    7/10

    Cutesy Shirley Temple set in the North West Frontier of India

    A widow (June Lang) and her young daughter (Shirley Temple) arrive in the Indian North West Frontier to stay with her Britsh uncle father-in-law (C. Aubrey Smith), a colonel in the British Army. The young girl soon makes a positive impression on all those she comes into contact with, including the warring Khan (Cesar Romero).

    Apparently "inspired" by a Rudyard Kipling, this colonial family film is one of Temple's best vehicles and most charming films, surprising from macho director John Ford who didn't like working with children. Ford regular McLaglen and Temple work particularly well together. There's plenty of action too, even if some of the film's politics are somewhat dubious.
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    • Release date
      • July 30, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Čuvarji Indije
    • Filming locations
      • Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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