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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Language Movie Release: 1975 DVD Release: 11/19/1997 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 9 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 22 Genres: Adventure, Costume Adventure, Buddy Film, British Empire Film See Also: The Man Who Would Be King

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). Serving as military officers in India, Carnahan and Dravot have masterminded all sorts of underhanded money-making schemes, the most elaborate of which takes them to a remote city in the hills of eastern Afghanistan. Here, through methods both foul and fair, Daniel passes himself off as the incarnation of Alexander the Great, the better to lay his hands on the vast riches all around him. Unfortunately, Daniel begins to believe his own lies, and the results are disastrous for both himself and Peachy. Inadvertently exposing Daniel's scheme is his native wife, played by Shakira Caine (Michael Caine's real-life wife). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Sean Connery - Daniel Dravot
Michael Caine - Peachy Carnehan
Christopher Plummer - Rudyard Kipling
Saeed Jaffrey - Billy Fish
Shakira Caine - Roxanne

Sean Connery and Michael Caine team up for director John Huston's exciting tribute to the Douglas Fairbanks adventures of yore in this fun-filled release from Warner Home Video. Presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen (enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs) with a crisp closed-captioned English Dolby Digital soundtrack, this release also features optional English, Spanish, or French subtitles. With such insightful extra features as production notes, a "Call it Magic: The Making of The Man Who Would Be King" documentary, and eight theatrical trailers, longtime fans of the film can experience this epic journey through Kafiristan in its original form and glory. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide