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Featuring:
Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas
Written by:
Rudyard Kipling
Leon Gordon
Helen Deutsch
Directed by:
Victor Saville
Release Date:
December 7, 1950
Original Title:
Kim
Alternate Titles:
Kim
Genres:
Adventure | Drama | Family
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  GB: U  US: NR  
Runtime: 113
During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service.
Kim, a young boy living on his own on the streets of India, is actually the son of a British officer. He meets a lama, a holy man, and devotes himself to his tending. But when British administrators discover his birthright, he is placed in a British school. His nature, however, is opposed to the regimentation expected for the son of a British soldier, and he rebels. His familiarity with Indian life and his ability to pass as an Indian child allows him to function as a spy for the British as they attempt to thwart revolution and invasion of India. Rejoining his holy man, Kim (with the help of daring adventurer Mahbub Ali) takes on a dangerous mission.
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Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Hans Peters
Assistant Set Decoration:
Hugh Hunt
Arthur Krams
Costume Design:
Fred Valles
Director:
Victor Saville
Director of Photography:
William V. Skall
Editor:
George Boemler
Hair Designer:
Sydney Guilaroff
Makeup Artist:
John Truwe
Novel:
Rudyard Kipling
Original Music Composer:
André Previn
Bronislau Kaper
Producer:
Leon Gordon
Recording Supervision:
Douglas Shearer
Screenplay:
Leon Gordon
Helen Deutsch
Richard Schayer
Set Decoration:
Edwin B. Willis
Special Effects:
A. Arnold Gillespie
Warren Newcombe
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