A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
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| Deborah Kerr | ... | Anna Leonowens | |
| Yul Brynner | ... | King Mongkut of Siam | |
| Rita Moreno | ... | Tuptim | |
| Martin Benson | ... | Kralahome | |
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Terry Saunders | ... | Lady Thiang |
| Rex Thompson | ... | Louis Leonowens | |
| Carlos Rivas | ... | Lun Tha | |
| Patrick Adiarte | ... | Prince Chulalongkorn | |
| Alan Mowbray | ... | Sir John Hay | |
| Geoffrey Toone | ... | Sir Edward Ramsay | |
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Mrs. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis arrive in Bangkok, where she has been contracted to teach English to the children of the royal household. She threatens to leave when the house she had been promised is not available, but falls in love with the children. A new slave, a gift of a vassal king, translates "Uncle Tom's Cabin" into a Siamese ballet. After expressing her unhappiness at being with the King, the slave decides to make an attempt to escape with her lover. Anna and the King start to fall in love, but her headstrong upbringing inhibits her from joining his harem. She is just about to leave Siam but something important she finds out makes her think about changing her mind. Written by Randy Goldberg <goldberg@nymc.edu>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
29 June 1956 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 16, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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Budget:
$4,550,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$21,300,000Company Credits
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4-Track Stereo (1956 Reissue) (Westrex Recording System) (Stereo)| Stereo (1956 Reissue) (Stereo)Color:
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2.55 : 1
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Anna Leonowens: But your majesty, I don't think you mean pairs of MALE elephants.
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(1951) (uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by Deborah Kerr (dubbed by Marni Nixon) and Rex Thompson
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Although Walter Lang is given sole directorial credit on the film, Yul Brynner repeatedly clashed with him and made many of the directorial suggestions which found their way into the finished film. See more »Goofs
During the "Shall We Dance" number, there is a blanket lying on a stool. The King sits on the stool, and when he stands, the blanket is gone. See more »Quotes
King Mongkut of Siam: ...Pairs of male elephants to be released into the forests of America. There it is hoped that they will grow in number and the people can tame them and use them as beasts of burden.Anna Leonowens: But your majesty, I don't think you mean pairs of MALE elephants.
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Opening credits prologue: Siam 1862 See more »Soundtracks
I Whistle A Happy Tune(1951) (uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by Deborah Kerr (dubbed by Marni Nixon) and Rex Thompson
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Though I don't remember the first time I saw the movie it was a movie I grew up on. I grew up on Rodgers and Hammerstein and have loved all (but State Fair) of their movies that I've seen. And I have to say that this movie is their very best and the very best musical ever made. Yul Brynner was great and was very deserving of the best actor Oscar. I love every thing about this movie and it tugs on my heartstrings every time I watch it. Even know I know how it will end a huge lump comes to my throat as my heart sings when he dances with her across the room just wishing that they can be together some how.If a movie can move you like that every time, than it's top notch and The King and I does it best.