The Man Who Would Be King
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Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers.After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.
- Director
- John Huston
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $12,678
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
12 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Man Who Would Be King actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Man Who Would Be King appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Heist Movies Ranked #34
Placed at #34 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Man Who Would Be King returned 0.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $12,678
- Release date
- Dec 3, 1975
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Arabic, English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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