I Watch Films: The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King In 1885 Newspaperman Rudyard Kipling is approached by an old acquaintance Peachy (Michael Caine) in his office in British India. Asking him what happened to him and his companion Danny Dravot (Sean Connery), he tells the story in flashback. Three years earlier Kipling met Peachy on the train, where he discovers that Peachy is a rogue, and also a Freemason; Peachy asks him to pass on a message to Dravot. The two of them plan to blackmail a raja. Kipling intervenes, preventing this from occurring. Later they decide India is too small for them and make a plan, and a contract which they get Kipling to witness. They will disguise themselves, cross the Khyber Pass and take 20 modern rifles into Kafiristan (a remote semi-legendary country high in the mountains). With these and their military knowledge (they are both former sergeants in the British Army) they intend to make themselves kings of the country. Their contract says neither will drink strong li...
