Kim (1950 film)

Kim
1950 Theatrical Poster
Directed byVictor Saville
Written byHelen Deutsch
Leon Gordon
Richard Schayer
Based onKim
1901 novel
by Rudyard Kipling
Produced byLeon Gordon
StarringErrol Flynn
Dean Stockwell
Paul Lukas
Robert Douglas
Thomas Gomez
Cecil Kellaway
Arnold Moss
Laurette Luez
CinematographyWilliam V. Skall
Edited byGeorge Boemler
Music byAndré Previn
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • December 7, 1950 (1950-12-07)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,049,000[1]
Box office$5,348,000[1]

Kim is a 1950 adventure film made in Technicolor by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[2][3] It was directed by Victor Saville and produced by Leon Gordon from a screenplay by Helen Deutsch, Leon Gordon and Richard Schayer, based on the classic 1901 novel of the same name by Rudyard Kipling.

The film starred Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, and Paul Lukas. The music score was by André Previn. The film was shot on location in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, India, with some parts being in present-day Uttarakhand, as well as the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, California, due to its resemblance to the Khyber Pass. Of particular interest is the location filming at La Martiniere College in Lucknow.

The film is set within the Great Game, a political and diplomatic confrontation between the British Empire and the Russian Empire. In the film, an orphan boy is trained as a spy by agents of the British Raj, and tasked with maintaining surveillance of two Russian spies.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Variety film review; December 6, 1950, page 15.
  3. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; December 9, 1950, page 195.