Wee Willie Winkie

Jul 30, 1937

1h 40m

★ 6.6

TEN-SHUN! Shirley is a peacemaker and matchmaker in Rudyard Kipling's most famous story

Overview

In 1897, little Priscilla Williams, along with her widowed mother, goes to live with her army colonel paternal grandfather on the British outpost he commands in northern India.

Genres

Adventure

Family

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams

Shirley Temple

Sgt. Donald MacDuff

Victor McLaglen

Colonel Williams

C. Aubrey Smith

Joyce Williams

June Lang

Lt. Brandes aka 'Coppy'

Michael Whalen

Khoda Khan

Cesar Romero

Mrs. Allardyce

Constance Collier

Mott

Douglas Scott

Capt. Bibberbeigh

Gavin Muir

Mohammet Dihn

Willie Fung

Bagby

Brandon Hurst

Major Allardyce

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