The Man Who Would Be King (film)

The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King
	Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung
Directed by	John Huston
Written by	John Huston; Gladys Hill
Based on	The Man Who Would Be King; by Rudyard Kipling
Produced by	John Foreman
Starring	Sean Connery; Michael Caine; Christopher Plummer; Saeed Jaffrey; Shakira Caine;
Cinematography	Oswald Morris
Edited by	Russell Lloyd
Music by	Maurice Jarre
Production; companies	Allied Artists; Columbia Pictures; Devon Company; Persky-Bright Associates;
Distributed by	Allied Artists (North America); Columbia Pictures (International);
Release dates	26 November 1975 (Premiere); 19 December 1975;
Running time	129 minutes
Countries	United States ; United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$8.5 million
Box office	$11 million

The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 adventure film adapted from the 1888 Rudyard Kipling novella of the same name. It was adapted and directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Saeed Jaffrey and Christopher Plummer as Kipling (giving a name to the novella's anonymous narrator). The film follows two rogue ex-soldiers, former non-commissioned officers in the British Army, who set off from late 19th century British India in search of adventure and end up in faraway Kafiristan, where one is taken for a god and made their king.

^ "Kipling to Iran". Variety. 12 November 1975. p. 28. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Internet Archive.
^ Mills, Bart (9 October 1975). "On the far side of the Khyber with Connery and Caine". Chicago Tribune Magazine. pp. 58–59, 62–65. Retrieved 31 August 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Top 20 Films of 1975 by Domestic Revenue". Box Office Report. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2013.