Kings Go Forth

Kings Go Forth
1958 theatrical poster
Directed byDelmer Daves
Written byJoe David Brown (novel)
Merle Miller
Produced byFrank Ross
StarringFrank Sinatra
Tony Curtis
Natalie Wood
CinematographyDaniel L. Fapp
Edited byWilliam B. Murphy
Music byElmer Bernstein
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • June 14, 1958 (1958-06-14) (Premiere)
  • June 28, 1958 (1958-06-28)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.8 million[1]

Kings Go Forth is a 1958 American black-and-white World War II film starring Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood. The screenplay was written by Merle Miller from the 1956 novel of the same name by Joe David Brown, and the film was directed by Delmer Daves. The plot involves friends of different backgrounds manning an observation post in Southern France who fall in love with the same French girl. She proves to be of American Mulatto ancestry. Themes of racism and miscegenation provide the conflict elements between the leading characters, something that was out of the ordinary for films of the time, while the setting during the so-called Champagne Campaign remains unique.

  1. ^ "Top Grossers of 1958". Variety. January 7, 1959. p. 48. Please note figures are for US and Canada only and are domestic rentals accruing to distributors as opposed to theatre gross