The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Movie Details

Original Title The Man Who Would Be King

Original Language EN

Budget $8,000,000

Revenue $12,678

Status Released

Popularity 1.0

Cast

Sean Connery

Daniel Dravot

Popularity: 2.0

Michael Caine

Peachy Carnehan

Popularity: 4.3

Christopher Plummer

Rudyard Kipling

Popularity: 2.5

Saeed Jaffrey

Billy Fish

Popularity: 0.4

Doghmi Larbi

Ootah

Popularity: 0.6

Jack May

District Commissioner

Popularity: 0.5

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Karroom Ben Bouih

Kafu Selim

Popularity: 0.3

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Mohammad Shamsi

Babu

Popularity: 0.1

Albert Moses

Ghulam

Popularity: 0.2

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Paul Antrim

Mulvaney

Popularity: 0.3

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Graham Acres

Officer

Popularity: 0.0

Shakira Caine

Roxanne

Popularity: 0.2

Key Crew

Screenplay Gladys Hill, John Huston

Producer John Foreman

Director John Huston

Editor Russell Lloyd

Production

Persky-Bright Productions

Devon

Videos & Trailers

Imprint Blu-ray Trailer

Trailer

The Man Who Would Be King ≣ 1972 ≣ Trailer

Trailer

The Man Who Would Be King (1975) Official Trailer - Sean Connery Movie

Trailer

Josh Olson on THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING

Featurette

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Posters

Keywords

journalist gold treasure robbery cheating coronation con man british army british empire friends soldier king battle ruler based on short story 19th century british raj

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 9/10

Aug 28, 2014

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 ... Read more

Filipe Manuel Neto 10/10

Jun 20, 2023

**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 ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Jan 2, 2025

"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 ... Read more