King Ralph
1991 US comedy film by David S. Ward / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Ralph Klein.
King Ralph is a 1991 American comedy film written and directed by David S. Ward and starring John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, and John Hurt.[2] The film is about an American who becomes the unlikely King of the United Kingdom after an electrical accident wipes out the British Royal Family.
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Directed by | David S. Ward |
Screenplay by | David S. Ward |
Based on | the novel Headlong by Emlyn Williams |
Produced by | Jack Brodsky |
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Cinematography | Kenneth MacMillan |
Edited by | John Jympson |
Music by | James Newton Howard |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $23 million or £8.1 million[1] |
Box office | $52,487,045 |
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The story is loosely based on the 1980 novel Headlong by Emlyn Williams.[3] Very little of the story survived the transition to the screen; characters were changed and the story made into a comedy. The film was a minor box office hit but was received negatively by critics.