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Wee Willie Winkie ()

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Priscilla Williams, a young girl living with her widowed mother and paternal grandfather at the post he commands in northern India, becomes enamored of military life and embroiled in brewing rebellion against the crown in the early 1900's.
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Priscilla Williams
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Sgt. MacDuff
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Col. Williams
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Joyce Williams
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Coppy - Lt. Brandes
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Khoda Khan
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Mrs. Allardyce
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Mott
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Capt. Bibberbeigh
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Mohammet Dihn
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Bagby
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Maj. Allardyce
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Pipe Major Sneath
Bunny Beatty ...
Elsie Allardyce (as Lauri Beatty)
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Maj. Gen. Hammond
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Mrs. MacMonachie
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Cpl. Tummel
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Officer
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Driver (as Hector Sarno)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Lucky Ball ...
Indian sword swallower Mohammad Ali (uncredited)
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Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited)
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Card Playing Soldier (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
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Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
George Hassell ...
Maj. MacMonachie (uncredited)
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Sikh Policeman (uncredited)
Kay Koury ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
Frank Leigh ...
Rajput Merchant (uncredited)
Scotty Mattraw ...
Merchant (uncredited)
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Servant (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
Gurdial Singh ...
Servant (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
Louis Vincenot ...
Captured Afghan Chieftain (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Ford

Written by

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Ernest Pascal ... (screen play) and
Julien Josephson ... (screen play)
 
Rudyard Kipling ... (based upon the story by)
 
Mordaunt Shairp ... (contributor to screen play construction) (uncredited)
 
Howard Ellis Smith ... (contributor to screen play construction) (uncredited)

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Gene Markey ... associate producer
Darryl F. Zanuck ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Alfred Newman ... (music score)

Cinematography by

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Arthur C. Miller ... (photography) (as Arthur Miller)

Editing by

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Walter Thompson ... film editor

Art Direction by

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William S. Darling ... (as William Darling)
David S. Hall ... (art direction) (as David Hall)

Set Decoration by

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Thomas Little ... (set decorations)

Costume Design by

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Gwen Wakeling ... (costumes)

Production Management

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Darryl F. Zanuck ... in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Edward O'Fearna ... assistant director (as Ed O'Fearna)

Sound Department

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Eugene Grossman ... sound
Roger Heman Sr. ... sound (as Roger Heman)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sam Benson ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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David Buttolph ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Cyril J. Mockridge ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Alfred Newman ... musical director (uncredited)
Edward B. Powell ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Louis Silvers ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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Harry Lloyd Morris ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Napier Raikes ... stand-in: C. Aubrey Smith (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Priscilla Williams is a young girl traveling with her mother, Joyce, to join her paternal grandfather, a British army colonel, at the post he commands in northern India. Upon arrival, they witness the capture of Khoda Khan, 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, 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 deserts his post to take Joyce to a dance, Khan escapes, and Brandes is arrested. As hostilities with the rebels mount, Priscilla and servant Mohammet Dihn --actually an Indian spy--take off for Khoda Khan's stronghold. Written by gavin (gunmasterM@hotmail.com)

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Taglines The Darling of a Regiment of Fighting Fools! (Print Ad- Malakoff News, ((Malakoff, Texas)) 3 September 1937) See more »
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Also Known As
  • La mascotte du régiment (France)
  • Soldat Willy Winky (Germany)
  • Rekrut Willi Winkie (Germany)
  • La mascota del regimiento (Spain)
  • La mascotte du régiment (Belgium, French title)
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Trivia Shirley Temple disclosed in her autobiography that this was the only film she made in which she received an onscreen spanking, much to the chagrin of June Lang who played the spanker and feared that her career would suffer as a result of the audience seeing the popular Shirley being treated in this fashion. The scene was shot but cut from the final film. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Victorians (1987). See more »
Soundtracks Auld Lang Syne See more »
Quotes Priscilla Williams: [on her new nickname] Wee Willie Winkie. It does sound like a soldier, doesn't it?
Sgt. Donald MacDuff: Aye.
Priscilla Williams: Then I'd be Private Winkie!
Sgt. Donald MacDuff: Private Winkie it is. A full-fledged soldier of the Queen!
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