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Overview

User Rating:
6.5/10   555 votes
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
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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

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
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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

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Comments on "Kim" 1950, 14 December 2002
Author: ljpiovano (ljpiovano@yahoo.com) from Indianapolis, Indiana



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.

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