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The Man Who Would Be King opens with author Rudyard Kipling (Christopher Plummer) working in his study. His solitude is broken by the arrival of a tattered, half-mad derelict, who is soon revealed to be his old acquaintance Peachy Carnahan (Michael Caine). As Kipling listens in rapt fascination, Peachy relates the incredible adventures of himself and his partner-in-chicanery Daniel Dravot (Sean Connery). Con men Carnahan and Dravot have masterminded all sorts of underhanded money-making schemes,
Jan 1, 1975 Wide
Nov 18, 1997
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John Huston has been wanting to make this movie for more than 20 years. It was worth the wait.
A too-broad comedy, mostly due to the poor performance of Michael Caine.
It's a tall tale, a legend, of steadfastness, courage, camaraderie, gallantry and greed, though not necessarily in that order.
It's been a long time since there's been an escapist entertainment quite this unabashed and thrilling and fun.
... one of the most rousing adventures of the 1970s.
Kipling's exhilarating and disconcerting tale of high adventure... [Blu-ray]
In addition to the lighthearted rapport of the leads, Huston's direction keeps the narrative moving forward at a lively pace. (Blu-ray Book edition)
...humor, romance, danger, pageantry, Freemasonry, and much derring-do...a good rousing adventure tale.
A delightful and memorable film.
The film is supposed to be fun -- despite its ending -- and even that is an interesting departure from the über-serious tone of most epics of the time.
Top notch Kipling tale with Huston at helm supported by great Connery and Caine performances.
A must for every 10-year-old boy.
Connery and Caine (both excellent) become classic Huston overreachers, and echoes of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Moby Dick permeate the mythic yarn.
They don't make adventure movies like this anymore. Connery and Caine have rarely been better.
A robust and rousing screen version of one of the greatest adventure stories ever written
One of the finest British films of the 1970s.
Caine and Connery are terrific in this rousing adaptation of the Kipling story.
Good old fashioned adventure film after a lesser known Rudyard Kipling story. Two British soldiers decide to create an empire on their own by traveling from India into the wild Afghan mountains, soon finding traces of Alexander the great. There is plenty to see here, two excellent leading men with Connery and Caine,
October 7, 2007Super Reviewer
Two likable rogues Michael Caine and Sean Connery hatch a scheme to conquer the untamed wilderness of Kafiristan using their military training to unite its warring tribes. Seeing Connery and Caine together is reason enough to recommend this film to anyone, but John Huston's adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic story
January 7, 2007
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