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6.2/10 • 26

1950-12-071h 53m

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Famed Spectacular Adventure Story Filmed Against Authentic Backgrounds in Mystic India The Greatest Spy Thriller of Them All!

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.

Directors
Victor Saville
Editors
George Boemler

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Errol Flynn

    Errol Flynn

    Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard

  2. Dean Stockwell

    Dean Stockwell

    Kim

  3. Paul Lukas

    Paul Lukas

    Lama

  4. Robert Douglas

    Robert Douglas

    Colonel Creighton

  5. Thomas Gomez

    Thomas Gomez

    Emissary

  6. Cecil Kellaway

    Cecil Kellaway

    Hurree Chunder

  7. Arnold Moss

    Arnold Moss

    Lurgan Sahib

  8. Reginald Owen

    Reginald Owen

    Father Victor

  9. Laurette Luez

    Laurette Luez

    Laluli

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CinemaSerf

Mar 27, 2022

8/10

OK, so perhaps Errol Flynn has gone to seed a little, but he still oozes charm and charisma as the rakish "Mahbub Ali" in this tale of Empire and intrigue. A young street-wise orphan "Kim" (Dean Stockwell) befriends the travelling lama Paul Lukas and using his wits and guile manages to find food - and spectacles - for his ageing mentor. Whilst travelling to find the old man's sacred river he is apprehended by the military who discover he is really an army brat and so is to be sent to a posh school into which he does not fit readily. His cleverness, mischief and repeated attempts to escape attract the attention of the spymasters and soon his adventures really begin as he joins the perilous effort to thwart Russian Imperial ambitions in British Imperial India. This is a great, fun, action adventure based on a super boys-own story from Rudyard Kipling. The colour is the stuff you could bathe in; the pace well directed by Victor Saville and all-in-all, it has well stood the 70 years since it was made.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
based on novel or bookspybritish empirebeggarorphanindiaholy mancobrastreet kid19th centurybritish rajuttar pradesh