WEE WILLIE WINKIE
DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
PRODUCED BY GENE MARKEY/ DARRYL F. ZANUCK
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION
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Plot Summary
Cherubic, adorable, and precocious Priscilla Williams lives in Colonial India with her dad,
a Colonel, and mom, Joyce. She is permitted to mingle with the soldiers.
One day she befriends an Indian by the name of Khoda Khan,
who in turn tells her about a prisoner named Mohammaudin.
She meets with this prisoner, and finds him quite approachable and friendly.
Then Mohammaudin breaks out, and joins a band of militants who are all set
to attack the British forces. Fearing loss of lives,
Priscilla sneaks into the camp of this band, locates Mohammaudin,
who is their leader, and attempts to try and talk him out of attacking the British.
She does not know that Mohammaudin and his men have plans to use her as bait
in order to force the British to give in to their demands.
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Full Cast
Shirley Temple ... Priscilla Williams
Victor McLaglen ... Sergeant MacDuff
C. Aubrey Smith ... Colonel Williams
June Lang ... Joyce Williams
Michael Whalen ... Coppy - Lieut. Brandes
Cesar Romero ... Khoda Khan
Constance Collier ... Mrs. Allardyce
Douglas Scott ... Mott
Gavin Muir ... Captain Bibberbeigh
Willie Fung ... Mohammet Dihn
Brandon Hurst ... Bagby
Lionel Pape ... Major Allardyce
Clyde Cook ... Pipe Major Sneath
Bunny Beatty ... Elsie Allardyce (as Lauri Beatty)
Lionel Braham ... Major General Hammond
Mary Forbes ... Mrs. MacMonachie
Cyril McLaglen ... Corporal Tummel
Pat Somerset ... Officer
Hector Sarno ... Driver
Lynn Bari ... Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited)
David Clyde ... Card Playing Soldier (uncredited)
Herbert Evans ... Soldier (uncredited)
George Hassell ... Major MacMonachie (uncredited)
Noble Johnson ... Sikh Policeman (uncredited)
Frank Leigh ... Rajput Merchant (uncredited)
Scotty Mattraw ... Merchant (uncredited)
Lal Chand Mehra ... Servant (uncredited)
Jack Pennick ... Soldier (uncredited)
Gurdial Singh ... Servant (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Soldier (uncredited)
Louis Vincenot ... Captured Afghan Chieftain (uncredited)
Writing Credits
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)
Original Music
Alfred Newman
Cinematography
Arthur C. Miller
Trivia
The original story by Rudyard Kipling was about a boy, Percival Williams, but this was changed to a girl, Priscilla Williams, in order for Shirley Temple to play the role
Memorable 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!
Filming Location
Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
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