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Kim

Year:

1951

Duration:

113 min

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | History

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Victor Saville

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1951-01-26

Filming Locations: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Dean Stockwell

Kim

Bobby Barber

Errol Flynn

Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard

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

Roman Toporow

The Russian

Ivan Triesault

The Russian

Michael Ansara

Harem Guard (uncredited)

Hamilton Camp

Thorpe (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

British General at Creighton's (uncredited)

Henry Corden

Conspirator (uncredited)

Bette Daniels

Miss Manners (uncredited)

Adeline De Walt Reynolds

Old Maharanee (uncredited)

Richard Glynn

English Student (uncredited)

Robin Hughes

British Officer (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

Mr. Fairlee (uncredited)

George Khoury

Little Man (uncredited)

Walter Kingsford

Dr. Bronson

Lou Krugman

Guard (uncredited)

Frank Lackteen

Chunder's Shadow (uncredited)

Edgar Lansbury

Young Officer (uncredited)

Mitchell Lewis

Farmer Going to Umballa (uncredited)

Richard Lupino

Sentry (uncredited)

Peter Mamakos

Conspirator (uncredited)

Donna Martell

Haikun (uncredited)

Keith McConnell

Master (uncredited)

Francis McDonald

Letter Writer (uncredited)

Lal Chand Mehra

Policeman (uncredited)

Henry Mirelez

Wanna (uncredited)

Movita

Woman with Baby (uncredited)

Jeanette Nolan

Foster Mother (uncredited)

Stanley Price

Water Carrier (uncredited)

Rodd Redwing

Creighton's Servant (uncredited)

Danny Rees

Biggs (uncredited)

Lanny Rees

Bit Part (uncredited)

Frank Richards

Abul (uncredited)

Hayden Rorke

Major Ainsley (uncredited)

Mike Tellegen

Policeman (uncredited)

Wilson Wood

Gerald (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

According to Dean Stockwell in a 1985 interview, "There were uglies and there were beauties. For me, Errol Flynn was the best. I didn't know anything about sex or what manhood was - and he opened that door for me."

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Richard Hale serves as omnipotent offscreen narrator in the first half of the film and serves in character as Flynn's disloyal employee Hassan Bey. However, even though they are ostensibly different people, the narration stops after Bay is killed.

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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 18, 1952 with Errol Flynn and Dean Stockwell reprising their film roles.

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Goofs

When Kim is delivering a message in the evening, a Chuck-will's-widow can be heard calling. This species is found in the Western Hemisphere.

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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

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Kim shouts for the driver to stop and the cart comes to a skidding halt. The camera cuts away for dialogue between Kim and his schoolmate and then back to the cart stopped on the street. The horse manure that was beneath the cart when they stopped is suddenly gone and the street is clean.

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Quotes

Kim: Be careful, Mahbub Ali.

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Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard: When a colt is born to be a polo pony, I think it would be a crime to bind him to a heavy cart.

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Hurree Chunder: [Noticing that Hurree Chunder has noticed a pretty girl driving by] The sky is the same color wherever you go.

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