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For the band, see <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_the_Sun_(band)" title="Kings of the Sun (band)">Kings of the Sun (band)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">Kings of the Sun</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kings_of_the_Sun_1963_movie_poster.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Kings_of_the_Sun_1963_movie_poster.jpeg/220px-Kings_of_the_Sun_1963_movie_poster.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="336" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Kings_of_the_Sun_1963_movie_poster.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="389" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster by <a href="/wiki/Frank_McCarthy_(artist)" title="Frank McCarthy (artist)">Frank McCarthy</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/J._Lee_Thompson" title="J. Lee Thompson">J. Lee Thompson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_R._Webb_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="James R. Webb (writer)">James R. Webb</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Story by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Arnold" title="Elliott Arnold">Elliott Arnold</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_J._Rachmil" title="Lewis J. Rachmil">Lewis J. Rachmil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yul_Brynner" title="Yul Brynner">Yul Brynner</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/George_Chakiris" title="George Chakiris">George Chakiris</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Narrated by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Coburn" title="James Coburn">James Coburn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_MacDonald" title="Joseph MacDonald">Joseph MacDonald</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Reynolds_(film_editor)" title="William Reynolds (film editor)">William Reynolds</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Bernstein" title="Elmer Bernstein">Elmer Bernstein</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/The_Mirisch_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mirisch Corporation">The Mirisch Corporation</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Artists" title="United Artists">United Artists</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>December 18, 1963<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1963-12-18</span>)</span> (United States)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">108 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$4 million<sup id="cite_ref-tino_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tino-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$1,600,000 (US/ Canada)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Kings of the Sun</b></i> is a 1963 <a href="/wiki/DeLuxe_Color" title="DeLuxe Color">DeLuxe Color</a> film directed by <a href="/wiki/J._Lee_Thompson" title="J. Lee Thompson">J. Lee Thompson</a> for <a href="/wiki/Mirisch_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirisch Productions">Mirisch Productions</a> set in <a href="/wiki/Mesoamerica" title="Mesoamerica">Mesoamerica</a> at the time of the conquest of <a href="/wiki/Chichen_Itza" title="Chichen Itza">Chichen Itza</a> by <a href="/wiki/Hunac_Ceel" title="Hunac Ceel">Hunac Ceel</a>. Location scenes were filmed in <a href="/wiki/Mazatl%C3%A1n" title="Mazatlán">Mazatlán</a> and Chichen Itza.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film marks the second project <a href="/wiki/J._Lee_Thompson" title="J. Lee Thompson">Thompson</a> completed with <a href="/wiki/Yul_Brynner" title="Yul Brynner">Yul Brynner</a> within a year — the other being <i><a href="/wiki/Taras_Bulba_(1962_film)" title="Taras Bulba (1962 film)">Taras Bulba</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kings_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Balam is the son of the ruler of a <a href="/wiki/Maya_civilization" title="Maya civilization">Mayan</a> city-state whose people use wooden swords (with <a href="/wiki/Obsidian" title="Obsidian">obsidian</a> edges). His father is killed in battle against metal-blade armed rivals led by Hunac Ceel. Balam succeeds to the throne, but is convinced by his advisers, including the head priest, to lead his followers away from the <a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n_Peninsula" title="Yucatán Peninsula">Yucatán</a>, sail to the American Gulf Coast region, so they might regain their strength and fight again another day. </p><p>Balam's party comes to a coastal settlement with many boats. Balam wants the population of the settlement to join him with their boats. The settlement's chief agrees if Balam agrees to marry his daughter, Ixchel, and make her Queen. Balam agrees. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="Gulf Coast of the United States">new land they arrive in across the Gulf</a> is a province occupied by a <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Native American</a> tribe led by Black Eagle. They are none too pleased about these strange, uninvited immigrants. In a small raid to capture one of the Mayans, Black Eagle is wounded and taken captive to the Mayans' fortified settlement. Balam's love interest Ixchel tends to the Indian's wounds and gains an interested suitor, one who is more forthcoming with his love for her. </p><p>Balam is under pressure to resume their custom of <a href="/wiki/Human_sacrifice" title="Human sacrifice">human sacrifice</a> by sacrificing Black Eagle. Balam has always been against the policy of human sacrifice and sets Black Eagle free. </p><p>Eventually, the two leaders agree to coexist in peace. However, due to jealousy, they quarrel over Ixchel and the Native Americans depart, just as Hunac Ceel finds Balam and his people. Hunac Ceel's army mounts a furious attack, but is eventually defeated by the united front of Indians and the transplanted Mayans. Black Eagle is killed in the fighting, resolving the love triangle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kings_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yul_Brynner" title="Yul Brynner">Yul Brynner</a> as Chief Black Eagle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Chakiris" title="George Chakiris">George Chakiris</a> as Balam</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Anne_Field" title="Shirley Anne Field">Shirley Anne Field</a> as Ixchel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Basehart" title="Richard Basehart">Richard Basehart</a> as Ah Min</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Dexter" title="Brad Dexter">Brad Dexter</a> as Ah Haleb</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Morse" title="Barry Morse">Barry Morse</a> as Ah Zok</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armando_Silvestre" title="Armando Silvestre">Armando Silvestre</a> as Isatai</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Gordon" title="Leo Gordon">Leo Gordon</a> as Hunac Ceel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Vetri" title="Victoria Vetri">Victoria Vetri</a> as Ixzubin</li> <li>Rudy Solari as Pitz</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Rainey" title="Ford Rainey">Ford Rainey</a> as The chief</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kings_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mirisch brothers, United Artists and Yul Brynner had enjoyed a success collaborating on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magnificent_Seven" title="The Magnificent Seven">The Magnificent Seven</a></i> and signed a three picture film deal in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mirisch" title="Walter Mirisch">Walter Mirisch</a> wrote in his memoirs that <i>Kings of the Sun</i> began when <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Picker" title="Arnold Picker">Arnold Picker</a> of United Artists read an article about <a href="/wiki/Mound_builders" class="mw-redirect" title="Mound builders">Mound builders</a> of Mexico. Since <i>Seven</i> had been set in Mexico, he thought Brynner would be ideal for a film about the Mexican Indians and Brynner was enthusiastic. Mirisch commissioned an original treatment for a film from Elliott Arnold which theorised about what happened to the Mayan civilisation and who <a href="/wiki/Mound_Builders" title="Mound Builders">built the mounds in the present-day USA</a> specifically as a vehicle for Brynner. It supposes that over a thousand years ago the Mayans fled to the area of present-day Texas where they exchanged technology with the local Indians.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-walter_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walter-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The movie was originally known as <i>The Mound Builders</i>. Brynner liked the treatment so much he agreed to make it as the first movie as part of his three-picture deal.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Arnold wrote the original screenplay. Walter Mirisch says he was unhappy with it and got <a href="/wiki/James_R._Webb_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="James R. Webb (writer)">James Webb</a> to write a new draft. <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Rachmil" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Rachmil">Lewis Rachmil</a> was hired to produce.<sup id="cite_ref-walter_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walter-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Quinn" title="Anthony Quinn">Anthony Quinn</a> was originally named as Brynner's co-star.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee Thompson signed to direct as part of a four-picture contract with the Mirisches.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brynner ended up appearing in <i><a href="/wiki/Flight_from_Ashiya" title="Flight from Ashiya">Flight from Ashiya</a></i> before <i>Kings of the Sun</i>; that film co-starred George Chakiris, who also had a multi-picture contract with the Mirisches, and he would re-team with Brynner on <i>Kings</i> instead of Quinn. Thompson had <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Anne_Field" title="Shirley Anne Field">Shirley Anne Field</a> under personal contract for two films and she was cast as the female lead.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Filming started 3 January 1963 and wound up 5 April.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"The picture has something to say about <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">capital punishment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peaceful_co_existence" class="mw-redirect" title="Peaceful co existence">peaceful co existence</a>", said Brynner shortly after filming completed. "I think it is one of the best jobs Lee ever directed. He doesn't just use thousands of extras; believes audiences don't care any more unless the story is one of relationships among people. And Lee has an extraordinary talent for sweeping from the spectacular to the personal story."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thomson had previously made a film about capital punishment, <i><a href="/wiki/Yield_to_the_Night" title="Yield to the Night">Yield to the Night</a></i> and said <i>Kings of the Sun</i> dealt with a similar theme. "About 98% of those who see the picture will say it is a story about Mayan civilisation and how sacrifice is wrong", predicted Thompson. "Two percent however will say the director is drawing a modern parallel with capital punishment, that he has made another film against capital punishment. And I shall be delighted."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kings_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Walter_Mirisch" title="Walter Mirisch">Walter Mirisch</a> later reflected: </p> <blockquote><p><i>Kings of the Sun</i> was not successful, either critically or commercially. It wasn't made for the right reasons, and that is most often an insuperable handicap. Our creative team lacked passion for what we were doing and its commercial values could not overcome that. Not being enthusiastic about it, I should have taken a position. By just letting the project move from one stage to the next, I allowed it to progress further than it should have. <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Picker" title="Arnold Picker">Arnold Picker</a> was enthusiastic and kept pushing it, but the problems of making the film and its content were not his responsibility. I always blamed myself for its failure. I had thought of it as a vehicle for the star power of Yul Brynner, who was an important international star by then. But that was not a good enough reason for doing a film about which I had serious misgivings.<sup id="cite_ref-walter_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walter-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kings_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maria_Ouspenskaya,_Greta_Garbo_1937.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Maria_Ouspenskaya%2C_Greta_Garbo_1937.jpg/220px-Maria_Ouspenskaya%2C_Greta_Garbo_1937.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Maria_Ouspenskaya%2C_Greta_Garbo_1937.jpg/330px-Maria_Ouspenskaya%2C_Greta_Garbo_1937.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Maria_Ouspenskaya%2C_Greta_Garbo_1937.jpg/440px-Maria_Ouspenskaya%2C_Greta_Garbo_1937.jpg 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="607" /></a><figcaption>Maria Ouspenskaya's (left) grey hair in the 1937 film <i><a href="/wiki/Conquest_(1937_film)" title="Conquest (1937 film)">Conquest</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Critics tended to receive the film negatively because of its overly ponderous and melodramatic presentation. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> film critic, <a href="/wiki/Bosley_Crowther" title="Bosley Crowther">Bosley Crowther</a>, gave the film a mixed review, writing, "Miss Field seems a pallid specimen among the redskins, but she fares better than poor Richard Basehart. As the high priest of the Mayans, swathed in dirty dresses and adorned with a mountainous gray wig, he looks exactly like the late <a href="/wiki/Maria_Ouspenskaya" title="Maria Ouspenskaya">Maria Ouspenskaya</a>. J. Lee Thompson, the director who foisted last year's <i><a href="/wiki/Taras_Bulba_(1962_film)" title="Taras Bulba (1962 film)">Taras Bulba</a></i> on unsuspecting Christmas audiences, has done it again."<sup id="cite_ref-Crowther_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crowther-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novelization">Novelization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kings_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Novelization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A tie-in paperback <a href="/wiki/Novelization" title="Novelization">novelization</a> of the screenplay, by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Harold_Calin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harold Calin (page does not exist)">Harold Calin</a> — a ubiquitous paperback novelist of the era, best known for his novels of men at war — was commissioned by <a href="/wiki/Lancer_Books" title="Lancer Books">Lancer Books</a> and released to coincide with the release of the film. Its text occupies 122 pages of very small print (typical of the period) and the copyright is © 1963 Mirisch Company. The price on the cover: 40¢. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kings_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_1963" title="List of American films of 1963">List of American films of 1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_warfare" title="Maya warfare">Maya warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitewashing_in_film" title="Whitewashing in film">Whitewashing in film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Feathered_Serpent_(TV_series)" title="The Feathered Serpent (TV series)">The Feathered Serpent (TV series)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kings_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-tino-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tino_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tino Balio, <i>United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry</i>, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p 174.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Big Rental Pictures of 1964", <i>Variety</i>, 6 January 1965 p 39. Please note this figure is rentals accruing to distributors not total gross.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/18943"><i>Kings of the Sun</i></a> at the <em><a href="/wiki/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films" title="AFI Catalog of Feature Films">AFI Catalog of Feature Films</a></em>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHopper,_Hedda1961" class="citation news cs1">Hopper, Hedda (July 6, 1961). "Looking at Hollywood: Yul Brynner, Mirisch Co. Ink 12 Million Dollar Pact". <i>Chicago Daily Tribune</i>. p. c8.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Daily+Tribune&rft.atitle=Looking+at+Hollywood%3A+Yul+Brynner%2C+Mirisch+Co.+Ink+12+Million+Dollar+Pact&rft.pages=c8&rft.date=1961-07-06&rft.au=Hopper%2C+Hedda&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKings+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNora_E._Taylor1963" class="citation news cs1">Nora E. Taylor (Sep 16, 1963). "Mayan Culture Inspires New Film". <i>The Christian Science Monitor</i>. p. 4.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Christian+Science+Monitor&rft.atitle=Mayan+Culture+Inspires+New+Film&rft.pages=4&rft.date=1963-09-16&rft.au=Nora+E.+Taylor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKings+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-walter-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-walter_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walter_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walter_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4ljOw7wso_MC&dq=the+mound+builders+yul+brynner&pg=PA160">Walter Mirisch, <i>I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History</i></a> p 160, accessed 4 March 2015 p 160-161</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScheuer,_Philip_K.1962" class="citation news cs1">Scheuer, Philip K. (Sep 23, 1962). "How to Make $100 Million in the Motion Picture Business: Brothers Hit It Rich; That Ain't Popcorn". <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. p. N1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=How+to+Make+%24100+Million+in+the+Motion+Picture+Business%3A+Brothers+Hit+It+Rich%3B+That+Ain%27t+Popcorn&rft.pages=N1&rft.date=1962-09-23&rft.au=Scheuer%2C+Philip+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKings+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMURRAY_SCHUMACH1962" class="citation news cs1">MURRAY SCHUMACH (May 18, 1962). "PRODUCER TALKS OF MOVIE RIGHTS: Mirisch Says Star is Key Factor in Their Purchase Director Also Considered". <i>New York Times</i>. p. 35.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=PRODUCER+TALKS+OF+MOVIE+RIGHTS%3A+Mirisch+Says+Star+is+Key+Factor+in+Their+Purchase+Director+Also+Considered&rft.pages=35&rft.date=1962-05-18&rft.au=MURRAY+SCHUMACH&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKings+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEUGENE_ARCHER1962" class="citation news cs1">EUGENE ARCHER (Mar 21, 1962). "FOX DROPS PLANS TO FILM 'THE VISIT': Movie With Ingrid Bergman is Postponed Indefinitely". <i>New York Times</i>. p. 33.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=FOX+DROPS+PLANS+TO+FILM+%27THE+VISIT%27%3A+Movie+With+Ingrid+Bergman+is+Postponed+Indefinitely&rft.pages=33&rft.date=1962-03-21&rft.au=EUGENE+ARCHER&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKings+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHopper,_Hedda1962" class="citation news cs1">Hopper, Hedda (Aug 27, 1962). "<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Navarone' Director Signs for 4 Films". <i>Chicago Daily Tribune</i>. p. b9.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Daily+Tribune&rft.atitle=%27Navarone%27+Director+Signs+for+4+Films&rft.pages=b9&rft.date=1962-08-27&rft.au=Hopper%2C+Hedda&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKings+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHopper,_Hedda1962" class="citation news cs1">Hopper, Hedda (Dec 15, 1962). "Hedda Predicts Movie Boom Within Year". <i>Chicago Daily Tribune</i>. p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Daily+Tribune&rft.atitle=Hedda+Predicts+Movie+Boom+Within+Year&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1962-12-15&rft.au=Hopper%2C+Hedda&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKings+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScheuer,_Philip_K.1963" class="citation news cs1">Scheuer, Philip K. (Mar 12, 1963). "History Just Lark to Mayans in Film: 'Carnival' Calls Chakiris; Lotte Lenya Menace Again". <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. p. C11.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=History+Just+Lark+to+Mayans+in+Film%3A+%27Carnival%27+Calls+Chakiris%3B+Lotte+Lenya+Menace+Again&rft.pages=C11&rft.date=1963-03-12&rft.au=Scheuer%2C+Philip+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKings+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScheuer,_Philip_K.1963" class="citation news cs1">Scheuer, Philip K. (May 14, 1963). 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Accessed: June 30, 2013.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kings_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/18943"><i>Kings of the Sun</i></a> at the <em><a href="/wiki/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films" title="AFI Catalog of Feature Films">AFI Catalog of Feature Films</a></em></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057225/"><i>Kings of the Sun</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v97834"><i>Kings of the Sun</i></a> at <a 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Lee Thompson</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">As director</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Without_Crime" title="Murder Without Crime">Murder Without Crime</a></i> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Yellow_Balloon_(film)" title="The Yellow Balloon (film)">The Yellow Balloon</a></i> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Weak_and_the_Wicked" title="The Weak and the Wicked">The Weak and the Wicked</a></i> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/For_Better,_for_Worse_(1954_film)" title="For Better, for Worse (1954 film)">For Better, for Worse</a></i> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/As_Long_as_They%27re_Happy" title="As Long as They're Happy">As Long as They're Happy</a></i> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/An_Alligator_Named_Daisy" title="An Alligator Named Daisy">An Alligator Named Daisy</a></i> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Yield_to_the_Night" title="Yield to the Night">Yield to the Night</a></i> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Good_Companions_(1957_film)" title="The Good Companions (1957 film)">The Good Companions</a></i> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Woman_in_a_Dressing_Gown" title="Woman in a Dressing Gown">Woman in a Dressing Gown</a></i> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ice_Cold_in_Alex" title="Ice Cold in Alex">Ice Cold in Alex</a></i> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Bay_(1959_film)" title="Tiger Bay (1959 film)">Tiger Bay</a></i> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/No_Trees_in_the_Street" title="No Trees in the Street">No Trees in the Street</a></i> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/North_West_Frontier_(film)" title="North West Frontier (film)">North West Frontier</a></i> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/I_Aim_at_the_Stars" title="I Aim at the Stars">I Aim at the Stars</a></i> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Guns_of_Navarone_(film)" title="The Guns of Navarone (film)">The Guns of Navarone</a></i> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Cape_Fear_(1962_film)" title="Cape Fear (1962 film)">Cape Fear</a></i> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taras_Bulba_(1962_film)" title="Taras Bulba (1962 film)">Taras Bulba</a></i> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kings of the Sun</a></i> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/What_a_Way_to_Go!" title="What a Way to Go!">What a Way to Go!</a></i> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/John_Goldfarb,_Please_Come_Home!" title="John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!">John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!</a></i> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Return_from_the_Ashes" title="Return from the Ashes">Return from the Ashes</a></i> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Eye_of_the_Devil" title="Eye of the Devil">Eye of the Devil</a></i> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Before_Winter_Comes" title="Before Winter Comes">Before Winter Comes</a></i> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mackenna%27s_Gold" title="Mackenna's Gold">Mackenna's Gold</a></i> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chairman_(1969_film)" title="The Chairman (1969 film)">The Chairman</a></i> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Country_Dance_(film)" title="Country Dance (film)">Country Dance</a></i> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_the_Planet_of_the_Apes" title="Conquest of the Planet of the Apes">Conquest of the Planet of the Apes</a></i> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Great_American_Tragedy" title="A Great American Tragedy">A Great American Tragedy</a></i> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_the_Planet_of_the_Apes" title="Battle for the Planet of the Apes">Battle for the Planet of the Apes</a></i> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Huckleberry_Finn_(1974_film)" title="Huckleberry Finn (1974 film)">Huckleberry Finn</a></i> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Reincarnation_of_Peter_Proud" title="The Reincarnation of Peter Proud">The Reincarnation of Peter Proud</a></i> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Widow_(1976_film)" title="Widow (1976 film)">Widow</a></i> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/St._Ives_(1976_film)" title="St. Ives (1976 film)">St. Ives</a></i> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_White_Buffalo" title="The White Buffalo">The White Buffalo</a></i> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Greek_Tycoon" title="The Greek Tycoon">The Greek Tycoon</a></i> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Passage_(1979_film)" title="The Passage (1979 film)">The Passage</a></i> (1979) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Caboblanco" title="Caboblanco">Caboblanco</a></i> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_Me_(film)" title="Happy Birthday to Me (film)">Happy Birthday to Me</a></i> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/10_to_Midnight" title="10 to Midnight">10 to Midnight</a></i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Evil_That_Men_Do_(film)" title="The Evil That Men Do (film)">The Evil That Men Do</a></i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ambassador_(1984_American_film)" title="The Ambassador (1984 American film)">The Ambassador</a></i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/King_Solomon%27s_Mines_(1985_film)" title="King Solomon's Mines (1985 film)">King Solomon's Mines</a></i> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Murphy%27s_Law_(film)" title="Murphy's Law (film)">Murphy's Law</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Firewalker_(film)" title="Firewalker (film)">Firewalker</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Death_Wish_4:_The_Crackdown" title="Death Wish 4: The Crackdown">Death Wish 4: The Crackdown</a></i> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Messenger_of_Death" title="Messenger of Death">Messenger of Death</a></i> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kinjite:_Forbidden_Subjects" title="Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects">Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects</a></i> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">As writer only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Price_of_Folly" title="The Price of Folly">The Price of Folly</a></i> (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Middle_Watch_(1940_film)" title="The Middle Watch (1940 film)">The Middle Watch</a></i> (1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/East_of_Piccadilly" title="East of Piccadilly">East of Piccadilly</a></i> (1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/For_Them_That_Trespass" title="For Them That Trespass">For Them That Trespass</a></i> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/No_Place_for_Jennifer" 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