The Man Who Would Be King

    • Also known as: Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King
    • Release date: December 17, 1975
    • Director: John Huston
    • Screenwriters: John Huston and Gladys Hill
    • Based on The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
    • Producer: John Foreman
    • Distributor: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation/Columbia Pictures
    • Awards: Nominated for 4 Academy Awards (1976)
    • Run time: 129 minutes
  • The Man Who Would Be King is based Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of ambition, the quest for power and the detrimental effects thereof.
  • Plot Summary

    Sean Connery and Michael Caine star as two former British soldiers who leave India to seek fame, fortune and power in the untouched reaches of Afghanistan.
  • Cast

    • Sean Connery: Daniel Dravot
    • Michael Caine: Peachy Carnehan
    • Christopher Plummer: Rudyard Kipling
    • Saeed Jaffrey: Billy Fish
    • Doghmi Larbi: Ootah
    • Karroom Ben Bouih: Kafu Selim
    • Mohammad Shamsi: Babu
    • Albert Moses: Ghulam
    • Paul Antrim: Mulvaney

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