Film record

The Man Who Would Be King

1975Feature film129 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States · Australia · United Kingdom
Languages
English
Genres
adventure film · drama film

Credits

Direction

John Huston — Directing

Cast

Michael Caine — Acting (Peachy Carnehan)
Christopher Plummer — Acting (Rudyard Kipling)
Saeed Jaffrey — Acting (Billy Fish)
Larbi Doghmi — Acting (Ootah)
Shakira Caine — Acting (Roxanne)
Jack May — Acting (District Commissioner)
Sean Connery — Acting (Daniel Dravot)
Albert Moses — Acting (Ghulam)
Mohammad Shamsi — Acting (Babu)
Paul Antrim — Acting (Mulvaney)

Writing

John Huston — Screenwriting
Gladys Hill — Screenwriting

Production

John Foreman — Production

Music

Maurice Jarre — Music composition

Cinematography

Oswald Morris — Cinematography

Editing

Russell Lloyd — Editing
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Releases by territory

United Kingdom · Original release
27 Nov 1975Checked 18 Sep 2026
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