King Ralph

King Ralph
King Ralph
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David S. Ward
Screenplay by	David S. Ward
Based on	the novel Headlong; by Emlyn Williams
Produced by	Jack Brodsky
Starring	John Goodman; Peter O'Toole; John Hurt;
Cinematography	Kenneth MacMillan
Edited by	John Jympson
Music by	James Newton Howard
Production; company	Mirage Enterprises
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	February 15, 1991;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$23 million or £8.1 million
Box office	$52,487,045

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.

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.

^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 24.
^ "No Leading Man, King Ralph Insists". Los Angeles Times. February 12, 1991. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
^ King Ralph (1991), AFI Catalog, American Film Institute

[org-1] "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 24.

[2] "No Leading Man, King Ralph Insists". Los Angeles Times. February 12, 1991. Retrieved September 26, 2013.

[3] King Ralph (1991), AFI Catalog, American Film Institute

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