The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
"Adventure in all its glory!"
Critics Score
🎬 94%
(RT: 97%, MC: 91) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Saeed Jaffrey as Billy Fish
Doghmi Larbi as Ootah
Jack May as District Commissioner
Karroom Ben Bouih as Kafu Selim
Mohammad Shamsi as Babu
Is The Man Who Would Be King good?
Most people think so. 75% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 94%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
