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The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
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Two British soldiers in India decide to resign from the Army and set themselves up as deities in Kafiristan--a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander. Director:John Huston |
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Doghmi Larbi | ... |
Ootah
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Jack May | ... |
District Commissioner
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Karroom Ben Bouih | ... |
Kafu Selim
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Mohammad Shamsi | ... |
Babu
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Ghulam
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Paul Antrim | ... |
Mulvaney
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Graham Acres | ... |
Officer
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The Blue Dancers of Goulamine | ... |
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Shakira Caine | ... |
Roxanne
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Storyline
This adaptation of the famous short story by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule. They decide that the country is too small for them, so they head off to Kafiristan in order to become Kings in their own right. Kipling is seen as a character that was there at the beginning, and at the end of this glorious tale. Written by Greg Bole <bole@life.bio.sunysb.edu>
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Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King See more »Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
Production Co:
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Devon/Persky-Bright, Allied Artists Pictures See more »
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2.35 : 1
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Trivia
Karroom Ben Bouih (High Priest Kafu Selim) was the night watchman of an olive orchard near the filming location. He was hired after John Huston accidentally met him, and told to come to the set the following day. After he fell asleep a few times during filming, it was discovered that he had still kept his night watchman job. Huston had to explain to him that he didn't need that job any more - the film company would pay him enough that he could sleep at night. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: When Peachy and Danny travel with the caravan into the Khyber Pass, all of the camels are African (Arabian) dromedaries, rather than Asian (Bactrian) beasts, which would have been used on the Central Asian trade routes. This however is due to the fact (as acknowledged in end-credits) that the film was shot at location in Morocco (in westernmost Africa) not in Pakistan/Afghanistan where these events supposed to have taken place. See more »
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