The Little Princess

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The Little Princess

"A great classic comes to life in glorious Technicolor!"

1939

1h 33m

6.7(117 votes)

Family

Drama

Comedy

Overview

A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.

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44 members

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Shirley Temple

Sara Crewe

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Richard Greene

Geoffrey Hamilton

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Anita Louise

Rose

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Ian Hunter

Captain Crewe

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Arthur Treacher

Bertie Minchin

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Mary Nash

Amanda Minchin

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Cesar Romero

Ram Dass

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Miles Mander

Lord Wickham

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Marcia Mae Jones

Lavinia

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Beryl Mercer

Queen Victoria

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Deidre Gale

Jessie

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Ira Stevens

Ermengarde

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E. E. Clive

Mr. Barrows

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Eily Malyon

Cook

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Clyde Cook

Attendant

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Keith Hitchcock

Bobbie

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Will Stanton

Groom

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Harry Allen

Groom

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Holmes Herbert

Doctor

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Evan Thomas

Doctor

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Guy Bellis

Doctor

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Kenneth Hunter

General

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Lionel Braham

Colonel

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Frank Baker

Officer

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Sidney Bracey

Pedestrian Discussing the War

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Eve Conrad

Maid

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Robert Cory

Bobbie

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Herbert Evans

Orderly Chasing Sara

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Olaf Hytten

Pedestrian Discussing the War

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Lilyan Irene

Maid

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Charles Irwin

Wounded Soldier Outside Hospital

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Patrick X. Kerry

Wounded Irishman

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Morton Lowry

Traumatized Young Soldier

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Jean Manners

Nurse

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Vesey O'Davoren

Orderly

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Antonia Oland

Student

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Rita Page

Minnie the Cook's Helper

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Hilda Plowright

Nurse

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Gerald Rogers

Pedestrian Discussing the War

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Leslie Sketchley

Bobbie

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Amzie Strickland

Nurse

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David Thursby

Orderly Sergeant

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Clare Verdera

Nurse

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Sybil Jason

Becky

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