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.
- 6.5
- 1950
- Released
- 1h 53m
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
Released
en
- #based on novel or book
- #spy
- #british empire
- #beggar
- #orphan
- #india
- #holy man
- #cobra
- #street kid
- #19th century
- #british raj
- #uttar pradesh
Reviews
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 ap