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Kings Row

Year:

1942

Duration:

127 min

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Sam Wood

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1942-04-18

Filming Locations: Kings Row, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Scotty Beckett

Kings Row

Ann Sheridan

Randy Monaghan

Robert Cummings

Parris Mitchell

Ronald Reagan

Drake McHugh

Betty Field

Cassandra Tower

Charles Coburn

Dr. Henry Gordon

Claude Rains

Dr. Alexander Tower

Judith Anderson

Mrs. Harriet Gordon

Nancy Coleman

Louise Gordon

Kaaren Verne

Elise Sandor

Maria Ouspenskaya

Madame von Eln

Harry Davenport

Colonel Skeffington

Ernest Cossart

Pa Monaghan

Ilka Grüning

Anna (as Ilka Gruning)

Pat Moriarity

Tod Monaghan

Minor Watson

Sam Winters

Ludwig Stössel

Professor Berdorff (as Ludwig Stossel)

Erwin Kalser

Mr. Sandor

Egon Brecher

Dr. Candell

Ann E. Todd

Randy Monaghan - as a Girl

Douglas Croft

Drake McHugh - as a Boy

Mary Thomas

Cassandra Tower - as a Girl

Julie Warren

Poppy Ross

Mary Scott

Jinny Ross

Leah Baird

Aunt Mamie (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Deputy Constable (uncredited)

Henry Blair

Willie (uncredited)

Joan Duvalle

Louise Gordon - as a Girl (uncredited)

Eden Gray

Mrs. Tower (uncredited)

Ludwig Hardt

Porter (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Arnold Kelly (uncredited)

Danny Jackson

Benny Singer (uncredited)

Payne B. Johnson

Boy in Party Scene (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Bill Hockinson (uncredited)

Hank Mann

Stable Keeper (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Conductor (uncredited)

Frank Milan

Bank Teller (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Freight Conductor (uncredited)

Hattie Noel

Daisy - Gordon Family Maid (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Harley Davis (uncredited)

Bertha Powell

Esther (uncredited)

Thomas W. Ross

Patterson Lawes (uncredited)

Hermine Sterler

Secretary (uncredited)

Elizabeth Valentine

Nurse (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Bette Davis showed interest in playing the Cassandra role. When she was turned down, she suggested Betty Field, who was eventually cast.

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For his pivotal scene, Ronald Reagan researched extensively, meeting with amputees and doctors to find out how they reacted in similar situations. He deliberately had little sleep the night before the scene was shot. Sam Wood didn't let him rehearse the scene either, so he could tackle it fresh. The scene was captured in one take.

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John Garfield was considered for the role of Drake McHugh. Dennis Morgan, Eddie Albert, Robert Preston and Franchot Tone were also in the running.

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Goofs

When Randy sends Parris a letter in Europe, the return address reads "Kings Row, USA" with no street address or state mentioned.

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When Parris is speaking to his instructor in Vienna, Dr. Kendell strikes a match to light his pipe. In the next shot, the match has disappeared and there is no evidence that he lit the pipe.

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Quotes

Madame Marie von Eln: I only know that you have to judge people by what you find them to be and not by what other people say they are.

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Col. Skeffington: [Referring to the dying Madame von Eln] When she passes, how much passes with her! - a whole way of life, a way of gentleness and honor and dignity. These things are going, Henry, and they may never come back to this world.

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Drake McHugh, as a boy: [to Parris, as Dr. Gordon operates on a friend's father] Let's get out of here! I never heard a grown man scream and holler like this before, did you?

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