Wee Willie Winkie
TEN-SHUN! Shirley is a peacemaker and matchmaker in Rudyard Kipling's most famous story
1937 · 100 min · ★ 6.6 · Adventure, Family
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.
Directed by John Ford · Written by Rudyard Kipling
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Shirley Temple Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams -
Victor McLaglen Sgt. Donald MacDuff -
C. Aubrey Smith Colonel Williams -
June Lang Joyce Williams -
Michael Whalen Lt. Brandes aka 'Coppy' -
Cesar Romero Khoda Khan -
Constance Collier Mrs. Allardyce -
Douglas Scott Mott -
Gavin Muir Capt. Bibberbeigh -
Willie Fung Mohammet Dihn -
Brandon Hurst Bagby - L Lionel Pape Major Allardyce
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