Kipps (1941 film)

Kipps
Directed byCarol Reed
Written byH. G. Wells (novel)
Sidney Gilliat
Frank Launder (uncredited)
Produced byEdward Black
StarringMichael Redgrave
Diana Wynyard
Phyllis Calvert
CinematographyArthur Crabtree
Edited byR. E. Dearing
Music byCharles Williams
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • 28 June 1941 (1941-06-28) (UK)
  • 24 May 1942 (1942-05-24) (USA)
Running time
111 minutes (UK)
82 minutes (USA)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Kipps (US title The Remarkable Mr. Kipps) is a 1941 British comedy-drama film adaptation of H. G. Wells's 1905 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Carol Reed[1] and stars Michael Redgrave as a draper's assistant who inherits a large fortune.[2] The film's costumes were designed by Cecil Beaton.[3]

The film is set on the south coast of England in Edwardian times, around 1902.

  1. ^ "The Remarkable Mr. Kipps (1941) – Overview". TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies.
  2. ^ "Kipps (1941) – Carol Reed | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  3. ^ "Kipps (1941)". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2021.