The Man Who Would Be King

The Man Who Would Be King

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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.

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Sean Connery
Sean Connery
Daniel Dravot
Michael Caine
Michael Caine
Peachy Carnehan
Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer
Rudyard Kipling
Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey
Billy Fish
Doghmi Larbi
Doghmi Larbi
Ootah
Jack May
Jack May
District Commissioner
Karroom Ben Bouih
Karroom Ben Bouih
Kafu Selim
Mohammad Shamsi
Mohammad Shamsi
Babu
Albert Moses
Albert Moses
Ghulam
Paul Antrim
Paul Antrim
Mulvaney
Graham Acres
Graham Acres
Officer
Shakira Caine
Shakira Caine
Roxanne
Nadia Atbib
Nadia Atbib
Dancer (uncredited)
Yvonne Ocampo
Yvonne Ocampo
Dancer (uncredited)
Gurmuks Singh
Gurmuks Singh
Sikh Soldier (uncredited)

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Release dateDec 03 1975

Runtime2 hours 9 minutes

Official siteVisit here

LanguagesArabic, English, Urdu

Production companiesPersky-Bright Productions, Allied Artists, Columbia Pictures, Devon/Persky-Bright

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