- Year :
- 1957
- Cast :
- Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde, Oliver Johnston, Dawn Addams, Sidney James, Joan Ingrams, Michael Chaplin, John McLaren, Phil Brown, Harry Green, Robert Arden, Alan Gifford, Robert Cawdron, George Woodbridge, Clifford Buckton...
- Production :
- United Artists
- Description :
- Fleeing revolution in his country, a European monarch seeks refuge in 1950s New York City. His corrupt Prime Minister having left him penniless, King Shahdov even stars in TV commercials to fund his living expenses. Meeting a boy whose parents are being persecuted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, he takes the homeless ten-year old under his wing, but soon after is summoned to his own HUAC hearing. Hilarious mayhem ensues, but the boy's fate is not quite as carefree.
- DVD & Blu-ray :
- DVD on Amazon FR blu-ray on Amazon FR
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Filming A King in New York
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Weeping Willows
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A King in New York Synopsis
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Juke Box
Outtake from A King in New York. Music and lyrics by Charles Chaplin
A Million Dollars
Chaplin only included a very brief fragment of his voice singing this song in A King in New York. Listen to the full song here.
Rock & Roll
From A King in New York. Music and Lyrics by Charles Chaplin
I’d Sell My Soul
From A King in New York. Music and Lyrics by Charles Chaplin. Vocals: Shirley Norman
The Spring Song
The theme of this simple but lovely song about love and spring can be found in the score of A King in New York
Now That It's Ended
From A King in New York. Music and Lyrics by Charles Chaplin. Vocals: Joy Nichols