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Kings Go Forth

Name: Kings Go Forth
Director: Delmer Daves
Released: 1958
Duration: 109 min

Representation Score

0.4/10

Minimal

1958

Director

Delmer Daves

Runtime

109 minutes

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Kings Go Forth is a traditionalist war epic that prioritizes established social hierarchies and conventional roles. The film focuses on British military command, emphasizing duty and honor within a rigid structure. The production reflects the era's cinematic norms, featuring a homogeneous cast and a narrative centered on masculine authority. While high-profile female leads are present, they lack a significant role in driving the story outside of romantic contexts. Ultimately, the film offers minimal disruption to the status quo, serving as a period piece that reinforces the stability of the social orders it depicts.

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Category Breakdown

Does Kings Go Forth have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film follows traditional 1950s Hollywood conventions and focuses on heterosexual relationships. Romantic tension is limited to a relationship between male characters and a female interest.

How does Kings Go Forth portray gender?

Limited

The story emphasizes masculine leadership and military discipline. Despite the presence of actresses like Audrey Hepburn, their roles mainly serve as emotional catalysts within a plot driven by male characters.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Kings Go Forth?

Minimal

The cast is mostly white, reflecting the historical setting and production standards of 1958. It focuses on the British officer class with little ethnic diversity.

How does Kings Go Forth represent religion and culture?

Limited

The story upholds traditional values of loyalty and military duty. It reinforces Western social orders without critiquing them.

Does Kings Go Forth include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not address neurodivergence or physical disabilities. Characters are defined by their usefulness to the military rather than through disability representation.

Present on Screen

Features high-profile actresses like Audrey Hepburn and Deborah Kerr who provide significant screen presence.

Limited or Absent

Lacks racial and ethnic diversity, focusing almost exclusively on a white British officer class.
Reinforces traditional gender hierarchies by confining women's ability to drive the story to romantic or domestic spheres.
Provides no representation of disability, neurodivergence, or chronic illness within the character arcs.
Maintains a strictly straight-centered framework with no queer or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities.

Official Synopsis

When Harris applies for the position of a radioman in Loggins' army unit, he is hired immediately. While on a mission together in France, they both fall in love with Monique.

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