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Wee Willie Winkie is a american film of genre Action directed by John Ford released in USA on 30 july 1937 with Shirley Temple
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 30 july 1937
Length 1h40
Directed by John Ford
OriginUSA
Themes Children's films
Rating68%
Wee Willie Winkie is a 1937 American adventure film directed by John Ford. The screenplay by Julien Josephson and Ernest Pascal was based on a story by Rudyard Kipling. The film stars Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, and Cesar Romero in a story about the British presence in nineteenth century India. The production was filmed largely at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif., where a number of elaborate sets were built for the movie.
William S. Darling and David S. Hall were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
Synopsis
During the British Raj, Sergeant Donald MacDuff escorts Joyce Williams, an impoverished widow, and her young daughter, Priscilla, to a remote military outpost on the northern frontier of India, to live with her stern father-in-law, Colonel Williams. Along the way, they witness the capture of notorious rebel chief Khoda Khan.Actors
Shirley Temple
(Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams)
Victor McLaglen
(Sgt. Donald MacDuff)
C. Aubrey Smith
(Colonel Williams)
Cesar Romero
(Khoda Khan)
June Lang
(Joyce Williams)
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