The Man Who Would Be King

Released Year: 1975

Certificate: PG

Runtime: 129 minutes

Genre: Adventure, History, War

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 91

Director: John Huston

Stars: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey

No of Votes: 44917

Gross: N/A

Overview: Two British former soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.

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