Synopsis
A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.
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Cast
- Sean ConneryDaniel Dravot
- Michael CainePeachy Carnehan
- Christopher PlummerRudyard Kipling
- Saeed JaffreyBilly Fish
- Doghmi LarbiOotah
- Jack MayDistrict Commissioner
- Karroom Ben BouihKafu Selim
- Mohammad ShamsiBabu
- Albert MosesGhulam
- Paul AntrimMulvaney
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King is swashbuckling adventure, pure and simple, from the hand of a master. It's unabashed and thrilling and fun. - 100
TV Guide Magazine
A delightful and memorable film. - 100
Salon
The triumph of the movie isn't just Huston's realization of a longtime dream to bring the Kipling story to the screen but the way he both honors classical movie tradition and brings it forward into a new era. - 90
The New York Times
The movie, which was shot in Morocco, looks lovely and remote (how did we ever once settle for those black-and-white Hollywood hills?) and has just enough romantic nonsense in it to enchant the child in each of us. - 90
Time
A mellow, brassy, vigorous movie, rich in adventure and melancholy, The Man Who Would Be King represents the best work Huston has done in a decade. - 90
The New Yorker
It's a wonderfully full and satisfying movie, with superb performances by Connery and Caine. - 88
Philadelphia Inquirer
The way that power and wealth corrupt the spirit is a recurring theme in Huston's work, and it is served up here in a hugely entertaining fashion. [17 Mar 1995, p.11] - 80
Empire
Huston revels in he opportunity for old-fashioned splendour, granting the film the sunset glow of Lawrence Of Arabia and the swashbuckling cadence worthy of the Errol Flynn days. It’s the artful mix of Kipling’s own writing, flights of fantasy with a political core.
