- Kings Go Forth
Infobox Film
name = Kings Go Forth
image_size = 175px
caption = dvd cover
director =Delmer Daves
producer =Frank Ross
writer =Joe David Brown "(novel)"Merle Miller
starring =Frank Sinatra Tony Curtis Natalie Wood
music =Elmer Bernstein
cinematography = Daniel L. Fapp
editing =William B. Murphy
distributor =United Artists
released = 28 June fy|1958
runtime = 109 minutes
country = FilmUS
language = English
budget =
gross =
imdb_id = 0051819"Kings Go Forth" is a fy|1958
black-and-white World War II film starringFrank Sinatra ,Tony Curtis , andNatalie Wood . The screenplay was written byMerle Miller from the novel of the same name byJoe David Brown , and the film was directed byDelmer Daves . The plot involves friends of different backgrounds manning anobservation post inSouthern France who fall in love with the same French girl. Themes ofracism andmiscegenation provide the conflict elements between the leading characters, something that was out of the ordinary for films of the time, while the setting during the so-called "Champagne Campaign " remains unique.Of his role in "Kings Go Forth," Tony Curtis said that it was the "most difficult" of his career, while Sinatra, despite his liberal credentials, said that he "took the part as a performer, not a lecturer on racial problems."
At the US box office, "Kings Go Forth" was a moderate hit that was received without great adulation from critics, but hardly lambasted.
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*imdb title|0051819
*tcmdb title|17626
*amg movie|1:150637
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