King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines (1950)

Timing: 1:43 (103 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1950-11-09

Country

United States

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre

Adventure, Action, Romance

Budget

$2 258 000

Revenue

$5 047 000

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Director

Andrew Marton, Compton Bennett

Actors

Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas, Lowell Gilmore, Kimursi, Siriaque, Sekaryongo, Baziga, Munto Anampio
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Sam Zimbalist

Operator

Robert Surtees

Composer

Mischa Spoliansky

Artist

Audition

Editing

Ralph E. Winters, Conrad A. Nervig
All team (15)

• The scene in which Deborah Kerr (1921-2007) cuts off her hair, only to then appear with a perfect hairstyle, caused uproarious laughter among audiences during preview screenings, and producers even considered removing the scene altogether. No one could figure out how to otherwise explain the change in her hairstyle, so the scene remained.
• The ritual dance shown on screen in the village of the Umbopa tribe is still performed today.
• The escape of frightened wild animals in Africa was filmed on location, but the footage was lost, and the scene was reshot in Hollywood with a trained elephant.
• The logistics of filming were a nightmare. Over 2.5 tons of equipment, including specially constructed trucks, were delivered to the city of Mombasa, as some scenes were to be filmed on Mount Kenya. Film was flown from Hollywood to Africa and back in special refrigerated containers, where a specific temperature was maintained. Along the way, the planes made several stops where the containers were additionally cooled.
• The African actors who appeared in the film were hired locally.
• The desert scene was filmed in the state of New Mexico.
• At the beginning of the film, a real shot was fired at the elephant.