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The Man Who Would Be King

"Adventure in all its glory!"

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PG 1975 · 2h 9m
Adventure, Drama
Starring Sean Connery · Michael Caine · Christopher Plummer
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Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.

Theatrical
Dec 17, 1975
Box Office
$13K
Budget
$8.0M
Return
0.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 19, 1997
Theaters
1
Director
John Huston
Writers
Gladys Hill, John Huston, Rudyard Kipling
Producer
John Foreman
Music
Maurice Jarre
Studio
Persky-Bright Productions, Devon/Persky-Bright, Columbia Pictures
Keywords
robbery journalist gold cheating treasure coronation con man freemason british army british empire friends soldier king battle ruler based on short story 19th century british raj
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Cast

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Sean Connery
Daniel Dravot
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Michael Caine
Peachy Carnehan
C
Christopher Plummer
Rudyard Kipling
S
Saeed Jaffrey
Billy Fish
D
Doghmi Larbi
Ootah
J
Jack May
District Commissioner
M
Mohammad Shamsi
Babu
A
Albert Moses
Ghulam
P
Paul Antrim
Mulvaney
S
Shakira Caine
Roxanne

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