John Paul Jones

1959 film by John Farrow
Movie film Q3182263
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Summary

John Paul Jones is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (985 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: John Farrow[3]
  • Screenwriter: John Farrow[4], Ben Hecht[5]
  • Composer: Max Steiner[6]
  • Genre: biographical film[7]
  • Cast member: Robert Stack[8], Bette Davis[9], Marisa Pavan[10], Peter Cushing[11], Charles Coburn[12], Macdonald Carey[13], Jean-Pierre Aumont[14], David Farrar[15], Thomas Gomez[16], Frank Latimore[17], John Crawford[18], Basil Sydney[19], Bruce Cabot[20], Georges Rivière[21]
  • Producer: Samuel Bronston[22]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[23]
  • Country of origin: United States[24]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1959[25]
  • Characters: John Paul Jones[26], Benjamin Franklin[27], Patrick Henry[28], Catherine II of Russia[29], Louis XVI of France[30], John Wilkes[31], Richard Pearson[32], Marie Antoinette[33], George Washington[34], Esek Hopkins[35], George III of Great Britain[36]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[37]
  • Narrative location: England[38], United States[39]
  • Filming location: Madrid[40]
  • Film editor: Eda Warren[41]
  • Title: John Paul Jones[42]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[43]
  • After a work by: Clements Ripley[44]
  • Duration: 126 minutes[45]
  • Set in period: 18th century[46]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[47]

Why It Matters

John Paul Jones has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8h ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema film id → 13560
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'cy', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'pt', 'ru']
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 49325
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  3. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 18th century
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  4. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 193591
    Producer → Samuel Bronston
    Publication date → +1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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