The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 British American adventure movie directed by John Huston and was based on the 1888 novella of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. It stars Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Shakira Caine, Jack May and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was nominated for 4 Academy Awards in 1976.