His Majesty O'Keefe

His Majesty O'Keefe
Directed byByron Haskin
Screenplay byBorden Chase
James Hill
Based onNovel by Lawrence Klingman
Gerald Green
Produced byHarold Hecht
StarringBurt Lancaster
Joan Rice
André Morell
Abraham Sofaer
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited byManuel del Campo
Music byDimitri Tiomkin (original score)
Robert Farnon (alternate score: UK release)
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • January 16, 1954 (1954-01-16) (United States)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.5 million[1]
Box office$2.5 million (US & Canada rentals)[2]

His Majesty O'Keefe is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Byron Haskin and starring Burt Lancaster. The cast also included Joan Rice, André Morell, Abraham Sofaer, Archie Savage, and Benson Fong. The screenplay by Borden Chase and James Hill was based on the novel of the same name by Laurence Klingman and Gerald Green (1952).[3]

  1. ^ Kate Buford, Burt Lancaster: An American Life, Da Capo 2000 p 124
  2. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1954', Variety Weekly, January 5, 1955
  3. ^ Klingman, Lawrence; Green, Gerald (1950). His Majesty O'Keefe. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons.