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Key Information
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| Directors: |
John Ford |
| Stars: |
Shirley Temple |
| Actors: |
Cesar Romero |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Comedy · Drama · Family Film |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: Family Feature |
| UPC: |
086162858239 |
| Release Date: |
1937 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 40min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Dual Side, 3hr 20min Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (April 22, 2008) UPC: 024543514459 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 40min Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (November 02, 1994) UPC: 086162858239 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Ernest Pascal |
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Professional Reviews
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(03/31/1989, p.3D, Mike Clark): "...Shirley and gruff-but-soft sergeant Victor McLaglen have some very good scenes..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Shirley Temple considered this the best among her films, a belief seconded by critic Andrew Sarris, who regarded it more highly than director John Ford's contemporaneous masterpiece THE INFORMER. She stars as Priscilla Williams, a young girl traveling with her mother, Joyce, to join her paternal grandfather (C. Aubrey Smith), a British army colonel, at the post he commands in northern India. Upon arrival, they witness the capture of Khoda Khan (Cesar Romero), leader of the rebel Indian faction. Priscilla plays at being a soldier and is even given a uniform and allowed to drill by the genial Sergeant MacDuff (Victor McLaglen), but her gruff grandfather disapproves and insists she remain apart from the troops. She eventually charms him, along with everyone else on the post, including Khoda Khan, whom she wins over by returning a talisman he's dropped. When the attractive Lieutenant Brandes (Michael Whalen) deserts his post to take Joyce to a dance, Khan escapes, and Brandes is arrested. As hostilities with... |
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