Kim is a
1950 adventure film made by
MGM. It was directed by
Victor Saville and produced by
Leon Gordon from a
screenplay by
Helen Deutsch,
Leon Gordon and
Richard Schayer, based on the
classic novel of the same name by
Rudyard Kipling.
The film starred
Errol Flynn,
Dean Stockwell, and
Paul Lukas. The music score was by
André Previn. The film was shot on location in
Rajasthan and
Uttar Pradesh,
India, as well as
Lone Pine,
California. Of particular interest is the location filming at
La Martiniere College in
Lucknow.
Plot
Kim (Dean Stockwell), an orphan boy in 1885 India during the
British Raj, works at times for his friend Mahbub Ali (Errol Flynn), a roguish horse trader who is also a secret agent for the British. Mahbub Ali becomes aware of a Russian-backed plot to instigate a rebellion.