The Man Who Would Be King

1975 · 129 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 53,403 VOTES · DIR. John Huston

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Overview

A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,017 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:52 l've come back.
00:10:23 -May l offer you a drink? -l don't mind if l do.
00:13:26 What's this?
00:16:14 Well, let's have a look at your lodge brothers.
00:19:46 And now, sir...
00:23:26 Well, gentlemen, it's 4 in the morning.
00:27:02 Well, Brother Kipling, goodbye and many thanks.
00:31:28 Ten shillings was ten shillings to McCrimmon!
00:37:54 lt drops into nothing below, straight as a beggar can spit!
00:44:34 What are you doing here? Wherever here is.
00:48:22 All town comes out and pisses downstream when we go bathing.
00:53:06 Polo!
00:56:55 Wait. You're a handsome piece, that l don't deny...
01:03:53 What's he up to?
01:07:32 Then one day, time comes, he say he must go to East.
01:12:56 Girl.
01:16:31 Shut up, Danny.
01:24:00 Now, Kaf u Selim rejoicing at the coming of his son.
01:31:56 -...out of her infidelities? -And 32 goats.
01:35:41 A fortnight and the pass will open. What we ought to do is make camp...
01:38:36 '' Please accept the Order of the Garter as a mark of my esteem, cousin.''
01:42:32 -Well, Billy, what's going on? -Signs very bad, Peachy.
01:48:18 ln London maybe...
01:59:03 And old Danny fell round and round and round and round...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,017
Dialogue density7.9 lines / min
First line00:03:52
Final line01:59:03

Production Record

DirectorJohn Huston
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue$12,678
IMDb votes53,403