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The Man Who Would Be King

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The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

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Reviews Counted: 14

Fresh: 14

Rotten:0

Average Rating: 8.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Based on the classic story by Anglo-Indian novelist Rudyard Kipling, two British adventurers, former soldiers in Her Majesty's Service, give up the drudgery of eking out a living, legal and... Based on the classic story by Anglo-Indian novelist Rudyard Kipling, two British adventurers, former soldiers in Her Majesty's Service, give up the drudgery of eking out a living, legal and illegal, in poverty Raj-ruled India, and set out for the isolated, desolate land of Kafiristan to become heroes or, perhaps, even kings... [More]

Starring: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey

Starring: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Jack May, Doghmi Larbi, Shakira Caine, Paul Antrim

Director: John Huston

Director: John Huston
Story: Rudyard Kipling
Screenwriter: John Huston, Gladys Hill
Producer: John Foreman
Composer: Maurice Jarre

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The film is supposed to be fun -- despite its ending -- and even that is an interesting departure from the über-serious tone of most epics of the time.

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06/17/09
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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10/22/08
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02/18/07
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Top notch Kipling tale with Huston at helm supported by great Connery and Caine performances.

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10/19/06
Steve Crum
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

A must for every 10-year-old boy.

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09/24/06
Cole Smithey
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Time Out

They don't make adventure movies like this anymore. Connery and Caine have rarely been better.

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08/29/05
Rob Vaux
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07/17/05
Emanuel Levy
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05/09/05
Vincent Canby
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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
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No review available.

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04/09/04
Nell Minow
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A robust and rousing screen version of one of the greatest adventure stories ever written

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01/18/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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05/24/03
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Caine and Connery are terrific in this rousing adaptation of the Kipling story.

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04/09/03
Dan Lybarger
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10/18/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

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10/10/02
Paul Matwychuk
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

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08/09/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Entre uma batalha e uma avalanche, o roteiro procura arrancar boas risadas da platéia. E consegue.

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05/30/02
Pablo Villaca
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