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Name: The Man Who Would Be King
Released: 1975-12-1
Cast: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Doghmi Larbi

The Man Who Would Be King

PG
2h 10m
1975

97%

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Academy Award winners Sean Connery and Michael Caine star in director John Huston's sweeping homage to adventure movies--The Man Who Would Be King. Author Rudyard Kipling (Chistopher Plummer) tells this tale of two men in search of fame and fortune: Daniel Dravot (Connery) and Peachy Carnehan (Caine) set out on a quest that takes them on a series of adventures leading to the remote mountains of Afghanistan, high at the top of the world. The local people mistake the two Englishmen for Gods and Kings because of their ferocity and prowess in battle, a mistake that brings power and wealth to the two. But Dravot begins to believe he actually is a reincarnation of Alexander the Great, a belief that leads to the downfall of Dravot and Carnehan when their subjects realize they are mortals.

Director:

John Huston

Producer:

John Foreman

Writer:

Gladys Hill, John Huston

Cast:

Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Doghmi Larbi, Jack May

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

97%

Reviews

Movie Nation

Roger Moore

Taken within its “closer to ‘Gunga Din’ than ‘Dances with Wolves'” context, “The Man Who Would be King” strikes one as a classic of the “They don’t make’em like that any more, and maybe there’s a reason” school.

The director's love of the material is palpable; it makes one smile.

There is no point to The Man Who Would Be King-- it's just for fun, like the movie epics they used to make.

May 9, 2023

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United Press International

David Dugas

Huston finally has realized his ambition with the pretty much perfect teaming of Sean Connery and Michael Caine. Christopher Plummer is excellent as Kipling himself and it's a bloody good show.

Director John Huston had wanted to adapt Rudyard Kipling's story for decades, but the adage "better late than never" certainly applies here, given the splendid results.

April 16, 2021

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