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King Solomon's Mines ()

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Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
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  • Won 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
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Elizabeth Curtis
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Allan Quatermain
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John Goode
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Van Brun aka Smith
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Eric Masters
Kimursi ...
Khiva (as Kimursi of the Kipsigi Tribe)
Siriaque ...
Umbopa (as Siriaque of the Watussi Tribe)
Sekaryongo ...
Chief Gagool (as Sekaryongo of the Watussi Tribe)
Baziga ...
King Twala (as Baziga of the Watussi Tribe)
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Munto Anampio ...
Chief Bilu (uncredited)
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Austin - Safari Client (uncredited)
Benempinga ...
Black Circle (uncredited)
Gutare ...
Kafa - Umbopa's Old Uncle (uncredited)
Ivargwema ...
Blue Star (uncredited)
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Traum - Safari Client (uncredited)

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Compton Bennett
Andrew Marton

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Helen Deutsch ... (screenplay)
 
H. Rider Haggard ... (novel)

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Sam Zimbalist ... producer

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Mischa Spoliansky ... (uncredited)

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Robert Surtees ... director of photography

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Conrad A. Nervig
Ralph E. Winters

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Henri Jaffa ... color consultant: Technicolor

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Cedric Gibbons
Paul Groesse

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Edwin B. Willis

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Walter Plunkett

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Carl 'Major' Roup ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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F. Keogh Gleason ... associate set decorator (as Keogh Gleason)
Donald P. Desmond ... set construction (uncredited)

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Douglas Shearer ... recording supervisor

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Michaela Denis ... stunt double: Deborah Kerr (uncredited)
Shep Houghton ... stunt double: Richard Carlson (uncredited)

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Frank V. Phillips ... camera operator (uncredited)
John Schmitz ... camera operator (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser ... assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)

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James Gooch ... technicolor color consultant
Bunny Allen ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Eva Monley ... script supervisor: Africa (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Guide Allan Quatermain helps a young lady (Beth) find her lost husband somewhere in Africa. It's a spectacular adventure story with romance, because while they fight with wild animals and cannibals, they fall in love. Will they find the lost husband and finish the nice connection? Written by Kornel Osvart

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Also Known As
  • King Solomon (Japan, English title)
  • Les mines du roi Salomon (France)
  • Les mines del rei Salomó (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Las minas del rey Salomón (Spain)
  • Kong Salomons miner (Denmark)
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  • 103 min
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Budget $2,258,000 (estimated)

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Trivia While filming on location in Carlsbad National Park's New Cave, Deborah Kerr took her lipstick and wrote the initials "DK" on a cave formation near the Klansman formation that was used as a background. An electrician also took a burned out lamp and tossed it in a hole under that formation. Since the cave is still 'active', meaning the formations are still slowly being encased in more minerals, the initials and the lamp are now solidly encased in a layer limestone that is thin enough to see through but thick enough to prevent removal. The Carlsbad Park Rangers refer to the "DK" as the Deborah Kerr formation. Both are still visible to this day. See more »
Goofs Quartermain's pet monkey, Lulu, is a capuchin monkey. Capuchin monkeys are New World monkeys native to Central and South America and not found in Africa where the film is set. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Watusi (1959). See more »
Quotes Allan Quatermain: Mrs. Curtis, the average life of a man in my profession is approximately eight years. Now, I've been at it for fifteen, so you see, I've been living on borrowed time. My wife died here six years ago. Sooner or later, an animal, or an unfriendly native, or a tropical disease will get me. I have a son in England. There'll be very little money for him if anything should happen to me in the ORDINARY course of events, but the money you're offering would provide very nicely for the boy until he's old enough to take care of himself.
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