The Man Who Would Be King

Dec 3, 1975

2h 9m

★ 7.5

Adventure in all its glory!

Overview

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.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Production Companies

Persky-Bright Productions

Allied Artists

Columbia Pictures

Devon/Persky-Bright

The Man Who Would Be King Trailers

Cast

Daniel Dravot

Sean Connery

Peachy Carnehan

Michael Caine

Rudyard Kipling

Christopher Plummer

Billy Fish

Saeed Jaffrey

Ootah

Doghmi Larbi

District Commissioner

Jack May

Kafu Selim

Karroom Ben Bouih

Babu

Mohammad Shamsi

Ghulam

Albert Moses

Mulvaney

Paul Antrim

Officer

Graham Acres

Roxanne

Shakira Caine

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