The Man Who Would Be King

1975·Movie
2h 9min
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Rudyard Kipling's epic of splendor, spectacle and high adventure at the top of a legendary world.

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.
Kipling AdaptationColonial AdventureTragic HubrisSpectacular LandscapesPolitical IntrigueBromanceLost Civilization19th Century India

Crew

Directed by:
John Huston, Michael D. Moore
Written by:
John Huston, Rudyard Kipling, Gladys Hill
Produced by:
Ron Quelch, John Foreman, William Hill
Composed by:
Maurice Jarre

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