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.
Production
Genuine Rajasthan locations that Hollywood would greenscreen today.
Acting
Dean Stockwell carries this at age 14 with unsettling naturalism.
Director
Victor Saville
Errol Flynn
Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard
Dean Stockwell
Kim
Paul Lukas
Lama
Robert Douglas
Colonel Creighton
Thomas Gomez
Emissary
Cecil Kellaway
Hurree Chunder
Arnold Moss
Lurgan Sahib
Reginald Owen
Father Victor
Laurette Luez
Laluli
Richard Hale
Hassan Bey
Roman Toporow
The Russian
Ivan Triesault
The Russian
Richard Lupino
Sentry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kipling's novel was banned in India until 1947 for its imperialist perspective; this adaptation arrived three years later with zero acknowledgment of that tension.
Errol Flynn was actively drinking through production and reportedly couldn't remember his lines—yet his chaotic energy somehow works for the roguish Mahbub Ali.
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