Anna Leonowens eccentric Victorian female traveler". The novel was adapted as a hit musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, "The King and I" (1951), starring Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner, which ran 1,246 performances on Broadway and was also a hit in London and on tour. In 1956, a film version was released, with Deborah Kerr starring in the role of Leonowens and Brynner reprising his role as the king. Revived many times on stage (with Brynner starring in revivals until 1985), the musical has remained a favourite of the theatregoing public. The humorous depiction of Mongkut as a polka-dancing despot, as well
The Sweet Body of Deborah The "Saturday Review" gave the film a positive review, noting that: "the film's unstinting effort to entertain at all costs is both welcome and refreshing." The film was considered very sexy for its time, showing brief glimpses of Carroll Baker's nudity and Ida Galli's fetishistic clothing. Upon the film's release, "The New Yorker" republished a snippet of a review by John Mahoney of "The Hollywood Reporter", which contained an extensive and detailed description of Baker's nude body as it appeared in the film. The Sweet Body of Deborah The Sweet Body of Deborah () is a 1968 "giallo" film directed