Kim (1950)
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100% of critics liked it
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41% of users liked it
(105 ratings)
Errol Flynn is top-billed in Kim, but the title character is played by Dean Stockwell. The son of an Irish sergeant, young Kim wanders through the streets and hills of Colonial India, disguised as a native boy. Kim's adventures include an episode with a horse trader (Errol Flynn) who is actually… More Errol Flynn is top-billed in Kim, but the title character is played by Dean Stockwell. The son of an Irish sergeant, young Kim wanders through the streets and hills of Colonial India, disguised as a native boy. Kim's adventures include an episode with a horse trader (Errol Flynn) who is actually 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. Kim had been in the planning stages since 1938 (those considered for the title role included Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney), but the property's catch-as-catch-can storyline, coupled with the changing political climate in postwar India, delayed production until 1949. While a great deal of Kim was filmed on location in India, some of the more complicated exterior sequences were lensed in Lone Pine, California. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Victor Saville
- Written By
- Leon Gordon, Helen Deutsch, E. Richard Schayer
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Classics
G,
- In Theaters
- Dec 7, 1950 Wide
- Studio
- MGM Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Fine later Flynn, pairing him with brilliant child actor Dean Stockwell.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Bombastic, animated and lush, but hardly convincing or genuine in attitude or atmosphere.
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Cast
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Errol Flynn
as Mahbub Ali the Red Beard
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Dean Stockwell
as Kim
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Paul Lukas
as Lama
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Robert Douglas
as Col. Creighton
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Thomas Gomez
as Emissary
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Cecil Kellaway
as Hurree Chunder
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Arnold Moss
as Lurgan Sahib
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Reginald Owen
as Father Victor
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Laurette Luez
as Laluli
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Richard Hale
as Hassan Bey
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Roman Toporow
as Russian
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Ivan Triesault
as Russian
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Michael Ansara
as Guard
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Maria [Movita] Castaneda
as Woman with Baby
- Henry Corden
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Olaf Hytten
as Mr. Fairlee
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George Khoury
as Little Man
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Walter Kingsford
as Dr. Bronson
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Frank Lackteen
as Shadow
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Richard Lupino
as Sentry
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Francis McDonald
as Letter Writer
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Peter Mamakos
as Conspirator
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Donna Martell
as Haikun
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Henry Mirelez
as Wanna
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Jeanette Nolan
as Foster Mother
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Rodd Redwing
as Servant
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Adeline de Walt Reynolds
as Old Maharanee
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Hayden Rorke
as Maj. Ainsley
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Mike Tellegen
as Policeman
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Stanley Price
as Water Carrier
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Edgar Lansbury
as Young Officer
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Frank Richards
as Abul
