King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)

King Solomon's Mines
Promotional film poster
Directed by
Screenplay byHelen Deutsch
Based onKing Solomon's Mines
1885 novel
by H. Rider Haggard
Produced bySam Zimbalist
Starring
CinematographyRobert Surtees
Edited by
Music byMischa Spoliansky
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc
Release dates
  • November 9, 1950 (1950-11-09) (New York City)
[1]
  • November 24, 1950 (1950-11-24) (US)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.3 million[2]
Box office$15.1 million[3]

King Solomon's Mines is a 1950 Technicolor adventure film, and the second film adaptation of the 1885 novel of the same name by Henry Rider Haggard. It stars Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. It was adapted by Helen Deutsch, directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

  1. ^ "Of Local Origin". The New York Times. November 9, 1950. p. 43.
  2. ^ 'The Eddie Mannix Ledger', Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, Los Angeles
  3. ^ "King Solomon's Mines (1950)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 21, 2016.