| King Ralph | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | David S. Ward |
| Screenplay by | David S. Ward |
| Based on | the novel Headlong by Emlyn Williams |
| Produced by | Jack Brodsky |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Kenneth MacMillan |
| Edited by | John Jympson |
| Music by | James Newton Howard |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $23 million or £8.1 million[1] |
| Box office | $52,487,045 |
King Ralph is a 1991 American comedy film written and directed by David S. Ward and starring John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, and John Hurt.[2] The film is about an American who becomes the unlikely King of the United Kingdom after an electrical accident wipes out the British Royal Family.
The story is loosely based on the 1980 novel Headlong by Emlyn Williams.[3] Very little of the story survived the transition to the screen; characters were changed and the story made into a comedy. The film was a minor box office hit but was received negatively by critics.
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 24.
- ^ "No Leading Man, King Ralph Insists". Los Angeles Times. February 12, 1991. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- ^ King Ralph (1991), AFI Catalog, American Film Institute