The Man Who Would Be King (1975)






1880s: tired of life as disreputable conmen, Dravot and Camehan - former British Army sergeants who have remained in India - plan to venture beyond the north-west frontier into Kurfuristan. There, as the first Europeans since Alexander the Great, they aim to find fame and fortune by setting themselves up as kings.


Books with substantial mentioning of The Man Who Would Be King

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Lesley Brill
John Huston's Filmmaking
Cambridge - New York, NY - Melbourne, 1997

Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

John McCarty
The Films of John Huston
Secaucus, New Jersey, 1987

Robert Bookbinder
The Films of the Seventies
Secaucus, NJ, 1982

Tony Thomas
The Great Adventure Films
Secaucus, NJ, 1980

Gerald Pratley
The Cinema of John Huston
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1977

Articles on The Man Who Would Be King

Julie F. Codell, The Ideological Adventure of The Man Who Would Be King, in: Tony Tracy and Roddy Flynn (eds.), John Huston, Jefferson, N.C., 2010


The Man Who Would Be King
UK / United States 1975

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Year: 1975
Country: UK
United States
Language: English
 
IMDb: 0073341