Overview:
A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.| Status: | Released (1975-12-03) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 4 Oscars. 9 nominations total |
| Screen: | John Huston, Gladys Hill, Rudyard Kipling |
| Productions: | Persky-Bright Productions, Devon |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | العربية, English, اردو |
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Casts
- 738: Sean Connery - Daniel Dravot
- 3895: Michael Caine - Peachy Carnehan
- 290: Christopher Plummer - Rudyard Kipling
- 11852: Saeed Jaffrey - Billy Fish
- 14754: Doghmi Larbi - Ootah
- 14755: Jack May - District Commissioner
- 14756: Karroom Ben Bouih - Kafu Selim
Crews
- 14743: Gladys Hill - Screenplay - Writing
- 14748: George Frost - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
- 2704: Maurice Jarre - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 6593: John Huston - Screenplay - Writing
- 4103: Alexandre Trauner - Production Design - Art
- 9578: John Foreman - Producer - Production
- 14746: Boaty Boatwright - Casting - Production
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Reviews
John Chard
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From the upper echelon of boys own adventures comes - The Man Who Would Be King! Two ex-servicemen are lolling around colonial India, it's just the start of a journey that will see them in Kafiristan. Here the mountain dwellers believe the rouge white fellows to be Gods, and thus ....
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**A magnificent adventure film that adapts to the cinema a short story by Rudyard Kipling about greed, and the price that can be paid for it.** Born in India, Rudyard Kipling is one of the most distinguished British writers of the late 19th century, and perhaps one of the most pro ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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"Danny" (Sean Connery) and "Peachy" (Michael Caine) are a pair of chancers at the height of the Raj in British India, who decide that they need to go make their fortune. Thanks to a little help from Rudyard Kipling (Christopher Plummer), they learn of the land of Kafiristan up on the ....
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