---
title: 'The Man Who Would Be King (1975)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Huston'
released: '1975-11-27'
runtime_minutes: 129
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-who-would-be-king-1975'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073341/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

1975 · PG · 129 min · Drama, Adventure · Australia, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 epic historical adventure film directed by John Huston, adapted by Huston and Gladys Hill from Rudyard Kipling's 1888 novella. It stars Sean Connery and Michael Caine in the leading roles, two rogue ex-soldiers 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. The supporting cast includes Saeed Jaffrey, Shakira Caine and Christopher Plummer as Kipling.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- **Screenplay:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston), [Gladys Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-hill)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Producer:** [John Foreman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-foreman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oswald Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/oswald-morris)
- **Editor:** [Russell Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-lloyd)

## Cast

- [Saeed Jaffrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/saeed-jaffrey)
- [Larbi Doghmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/larbi-doghmi)
- [Jack May](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-may)
- [Paul Antrim](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-antrim)
- [Sean Connery](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-connery) as Daniel Dravot
- [Shakira Caine](https://cinepixo.com/people/shakira-caine)
- [Albert Moses](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-moses)
- [Mohammad Shamsi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mohammad-shamsi)
- [Christopher Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-plummer)
- [Michael Caine](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-caine)

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