movie poster for THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING

Flicks ID

1226

Cert

PG

Running time

124 mins

Country

Format

DVD

THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975)

JOHN HUSTON

Plot

A fine traditional adventure yarn based on a Rudyard Kipling tale and set on the wild North West Frontier of the British Raj. Two penniless adventurers, mistaken for Gods, decide to carve themselves out a kingdom in a remote region of the Himalayas, but when one decides to rule, rather than thieve the jewels, the trouble starts. A meditation on power?