King Solomon's Mines
1937Movie1 h 20 min
58
DecentGoodWatch score58
DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 59
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −28 min on the typical 108
typical 10880Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 138 countries
+128Released
1937
June 17, 1937
89 years ago
Genres
ActionAdventureDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism
and 6 more14 people
- Paul RobesonUmbopa
- Cedric HardwickeAllan Quartermain
- Anna LeeKathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien
- Roland YoungCmdr. John Good
- John LoderSir Henry Curtis
- Frederick LeisterDiamond Buyer
- RARobert AdamsTwala
- Tony WaneInfadoos
- ASArthur SinclairO'Brien
- AGArthur GoulletSylvestra
- MHMakubalo HlubiKapse
- MMjujwaScragga
- Sydney FairbrotherGagool
Alf GoddardRed
Directing · 1
- Robert Stevenson Director
Writing · 6
- Charles Bennett Writer
- Ralph Spence Writer
- Michael Hogan Writer
- A.R. Rawlinson Writer
- Roland Pertwee Dialogue, Screenplay
- H. Rider Haggard Novel
Camera · 1
- Glen MacWilliams Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Michael Gordon Editor
Sound · 1
- Mischa Spoliansky Music
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Marianne Wardrobe Designer
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