King Ralph (1991 film)

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King Ralph (1991 film) is a 1991 comedy in which an uncouth American lounge singer unexpectedly becomes the king of Great Britain after the entire royal family is wiped out in a freak accident.

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instanceOf 1990s film
American film
comedy film
film
artDirectionBy John Graysmark
basedOn Headlong
novel by Emlyn Williams
boxOfficeGrossUSCanada 33800000 USD
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide 52600000 USD
character Lord Percival Graves
Miranda Greene
Sir Cedric Willingham
cinematographyBy Kenneth MacMillan
costumeDesignBy Barbara Lane
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director David S. Ward
distributor Universal Pictures
distributorRegion United States of America
surface form: United States
editedBy John Jympson
fictionalMonarchOf United Kingdom
filmingLocation England
Las Vegas, Nevada
surface form: Las Vegas
filmRatingMPAA PG
genre comedy film
hasPosterTagline A comedy of majestic proportions.
mainCharacter Ralph Jones
musicBy James Newton Howard
narrativeDevice entire royal family killed in freak accident
narrativeTheme fish out of water
monarchy and class differences
originalLanguage English
plotSummary An uncouth American lounge singer unexpectedly becomes king of Great Britain after the royal family is killed in a freak accident.
producer Gail Katz
Jack Brodsky
productionCompany Universal Pictures
productionDesignBy John Graysmark
protagonistOccupation lounge singer
releaseDate 1991-02-15
releaseYear 1991
runtimeMinutes 97
screenwriter David S. Ward
setIn London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
starring Camille Coduri
John Goodman
John Hurt
Peter O'Toole
Richard Griffiths
title King Ralph

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