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Empire Magazine (2008) Greatest Movies List - #130: The Man Who Would Be King

By Allied Artists - IMPAwards, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35144391   I had mixed feeling while watching The Man Who Would Be King (1975). On the one hand you could see it as a story about colonialism, cultural appropriation, and immoral men. On the other hand, said immoral men are played by Sires Sean Connery and Michael Caine, two actors who could read a dictionary and still come off as charismatic. Factor in that they are directed by John Huston, the man behind at least three other cinema classics, and you end up with one of their best films of their careers. This is another classic on found on Turner Classic Movies and is not available on most streaming channels. I had heard of it many times and was curious to see the pairing of two legends of cinema, especially Sean Connery in one of his post James Bond roles, where he played a more morally dubious character. Apart from that I was not too familiar with the story and was surprised by where it went. Conn