The Man Who Would Be King(Movie, 1975)

Name: The Man Who Would Be King
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Released: 1975
Duration: T02:9:00
Rating: 3.8

| 2h 9min | Genres: Adventure, Drama

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 283 votes)

The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 adventure film adapted from the 1888 Rudyard Kipling novella of the same name. It was adapted and directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Saeed Jaffrey and Christopher Plummer as Kipling (giving a name to the novella's anonymous narrator). The film follows two rogue ex-soldiers, former non-commissioned officers in the British Army, who set off from late 19th century British India in search of adventure and end up in faraway Kafiristan, where one is taken for a god and made their king. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Man Who Would Be King

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing nominated for: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design nominated for: Academy Award for Best Production Design nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

About The Man Who Would Be King

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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Trailer for The Man Who Would Be King + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Man Who Would Be King ≣ 1972 ≣ Trailer(Trailer, 1:07)

The Man Who Would Be King ≣ 1972 ≣ Trailer (Trailer) | Trailer (Trailer) | Trailer (Trailer) | Trailers From Hell (Featurette) | Der Mann, der König sein wollte ≣ 1975 ≣ Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production countries: United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Afghanistan

Based on: "The Man Who Would Be King" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Persky-Bright Productions, Devon

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: Arabic (AR), English (EN), Urdu (UR)

Translated into 26 languages: Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/17/1975 (World premiere: 12/03/1975)

Appearing Characters: Daniel Dravot

Cast: Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Larbi Doghmi, Shakira Micklewhite, Jack May, Sean Connery, Albert Moses, Mohammad Shamsi, Paul Antrim

Director: John Huston

Producer: John Foreman

Screenwriter: John Huston, Gladys Hill

Film Editor: Russell Lloyd

Director of Photography: Oswald Morris

Composer: Maurice Jarre

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"El hombre que sería Rey"

"El hombre que pudo reinar"

"Seikkailujen sankarit"

"Ο άνθρωπος που θα γινόταν βασιλιάς του Ράντγιαρντ Κίπλινγκ"

"왕이 되려던 사나이"

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

Budget: 8,000,000 USD

Revenue: 12,678 USD (= 0%)

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The Man Who Would Be King(Movie, 1975)

Where to watch The Man Who Would Be King (cinema/streaming/download)?

Awards & Nominations for The Man Who Would Be King

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Trailer for The Man Who Would Be King + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

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