---
title: 'Anna and the King of Siam (1946)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Cromwell'
released: '1946-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/anna-and-the-king-of-siam-1946'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038303/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Anna and the King of Siam (1946)

1946 · 120 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Anna and the King of Siam is a 1946 American drama film directed by John Cromwell. An adaptation of the 1944 novel of the same name by Margaret Landon, it was based on the fictionalized diaries of Anna Leonowens, an Anglo-Indian woman who claimed to be British and became governess in the Royal Court of Siam during the 1860s. Darryl F. Zanuck read Landon's book in galleys and immediately bought the film rights.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Cromwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cromwell)
- **Screenplay:** [Talbot Jennings](https://cinepixo.com/people/talbot-jennings), [Sally Benson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-benson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernard Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-herrmann)
- **Producer:** [Louis D. Lighton](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-d-lighton)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Charles Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-charles-miller)
- **Editor:** [Harmon Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/harmon-jones)

## Cast

- [Gale Sondergaard](https://cinepixo.com/people/gale-sondergaard)
- [Dennis Hoey](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-hoey)
- [Linda Darnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-darnell)
- [Rex Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-harrison)
- [Mikhail Rasumny](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-rasumny)
- [Addison Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/addison-richards)
- [William Edmunds](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-edmunds)
- [Leonard Strong](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-strong)
- [John Abbott](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-abbott)
- [Lee J. Cobb](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-j-cobb)
- [Irene Dunne](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-dunne)

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