Kim (film)
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| Kim | |
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 Original movie poster |
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| Directed by | Victor Saville |
| Produced by | Leon Gordon |
| Written by | Helen Deutsch Leon Gordon Richard Schayer Rudyard Kipling (novel) |
| Starring | Errol Flynn Dean Stockwell Paul Lukas Robert Douglas Thomas Gomez Cecil Kellaway Reginald Owen. |
| Music by | André Previn |
| Cinematography | William V. Skall |
| Editing by | George Boemler |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | 7 December 1950 |
| Running time | 113 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Kim is a 1950 adventure film made by MGM. It was directed by Victor Saville and produced by Leon Gordon from a screenplay by Helen Deutsch, Leon Gordon and Richard Schayer, based on the classic novel by Rudyard Kipling.
The film starred Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell (as Kim), Paul Lukas, Robert Douglas, Thomas Gomez, Cecil Kellaway and Reginald Owen. The music score was by André Previn. The film was shot on location in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, India, as well as Lone Pine, California. Of particular interest is the location filming at La Martiniere College in Lucknow.
[edit] Synopsis
The film follows the adventures of young Kim (Kimball O'Hara), the orphaned son of an Anglo-Irish soldier, who wanders through the streets and hills of Colonial India, disguised as a native boy. When it is discovered that Kim is in fact the son of an officer, Colonel Creighton (Robert Douglas) takes him off the streets, puts him into a private school. Kim's adventures include an encounter with Mahbub Ali, a horse trader (Errol Flynn) who is in fact a British secret agent; a sojourn with a holy lama (Paul Lukas) on a mysterious quest; and involvement with a plan to rid the Khyber Pass of Czarist Russian agitators.
[edit] See also
- Kim, the novel.
[edit] External links
- Kim at the Internet Movie Database
