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    The Man Who Would Be King

    PG1975 · Action · 2h 9m

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  1. The Man Who Would Be King. John Huston's "The Man Who Would Be King" is swashbuckling adventure, pure and simple, from the hand of a master. It's unabashed and thrilling and fun.

  2. 97% Tomatometer 35 Reviews 91% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling, this adventure film follows the exploits of Peachy Carnehan (Michael Caine) and Danny ...

    • (35)
    • John Huston
    • PG
    • Sean Connery
  3. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 97% based on 31 reviews, with an average score of 8.5/10. Another review aggregator, Metacritic, calculated a score of 91 based on 15 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

  4. Dec 19, 1975 · The Man Who Would Be King: Directed by John Huston. With Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey. In 1880s India, two former British soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.

    • (52K)
    • Adventure, Drama, War
    • John Huston
    • 1975-12-19
  5. The Man Who Would be King is elegant and harsh, with a beautiful and harrowing Maurice Jarre score (if not as iconic still as fantastic as Lawrence of Arabia for him), and memorable for its star power and how its story is really about something.

  6. The Man Who Would Be King Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Roger Moore Movie Nation. Taken within its “closer to ‘Gunga Din’ than ‘Dances with...

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  8. Whether it was the intention of John Huston or not, the tale of action and adventure is a too-broad comedy, mostly due to the poor performance of Michael Caine. See all 16 reviews on Metacritic.com. See all external reviews for The Man Who Would Be King.

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