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The Man Who Would Be King

Movie
1975
2h 9m
PG
English
Adventure, Drama
User Score: 
7.8
Critic Score: 
94
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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.
The Man Who Would Be King Poster

The Man Who Would Be King

PG
Movie
1975
2h 9m
English
Adventure, Drama
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.
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Sean Connery
Daniel Dravot
Michael Caine
Peachy Carnehan
Christopher Plummer
Rudyard Kipling
Saeed Jaffrey
Billy Fish
Jack May
District Commissioner
Paul Antrim
Mulvaney
Nadia Atbib
Dancer (uncredited)
Yvonne Ocampo
Dancer (uncredited)
Directed By: John Huston
Written By: John Huston (Screenplay), Gladys Hill (Screenplay)

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drqshadow says...
5 years ago
Sean Connery and Michael Caine play a pair of razor-sharp scoundrels, scamming their way through an east Asian joyride during the twilight of the 19th century. On a thoroughly unpredictable adventure, the duo constantly converts lemons to lemonade as they meander from a publisher's office in India to a fictional holy land in the desert. There, intending to conquer a few villages and live the high life, the stakes suddenly spike as they find themselves anointed saviors, kings and (eventually) gods. Connery and Caine, good friends away from the screen, bubble with chemistry throughout. Their relationship is essential, and that obvious bond lifts an already-ambitious screenplay into something greater than the sum of its parts. When viewed with contemporary eyes, the pace is a little slow, akin to similar films of the era, but that deliberate tempo reaps unique rewards. By lingering in the atmosphere and dutifully setting the stage, director John Huston expertly depicts the vast cultural differences between our conniving, almost-modern Brits and the ancient ways of life still at play in turn-of-the-century Asia. A fine example of old-style filmmaking, loaded with snappy humor, surprising plot turns, high stakes and creeping peril.
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Juliosoft says...
10 years ago
Picture 3.25/5 sound 3/5. Classic Adventures returning to like. Caine and Connery make a great couple
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Spiritualized Kaos says...
2 years ago
Film about the British imperialist character.
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Obione_TdG says...
2 years ago
D'antan comedy well written and well acted, but overly long and really needing generous cuts.
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John Chard
6 years ago
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 things are about More
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Filipe Manuel Neto
2 years ago
**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 prolific. Seeing a More
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CinemaSerf
4 days ago
"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 Hindu Kush wher More
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