Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948 film)

Bonnie Prince Charlie
DVD cover
Directed byAnthony Kimmins
uncredited
Alexander Korda
Leslie Arliss
Robert Stevenson
Written byClemence Dane
Produced byEdward Black
Alexander Korda
Herbert Mason (uncredited)
StarringDavid Niven
Margaret Leighton
Judy Campbell
Jack Hawkins
CinematographyRobert Krasker
Edited byGrace Garland
Music byIan Whyte
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release dates
  • 26 October 1948 (1948-10-26) (United Kingdom, London)
  • 6 January 1952 (1952-01-06) (US)
Running time
140 minutes (original cut)
118 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£760,000[1][2]
Box office£175,311 (UK)[3] or £94,327[1]

Bonnie Prince Charlie is a 1948 British historical film directed by Anthony Kimmins for London Films depicting the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion and the role of Bonnie Prince Charlie within it. Filmed in Technicolor, it stars David Niven, Jack Hawkins, and Margaret Leighton.

  1. ^ a b Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press USA. p. 275.
  2. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 354
  3. ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000