the man who would be king

As Danny to Michael Caine's Peachy, Connery was this title character in a 1975 John Huston film

Trivia about the man who would be king

For this Kipling story, John Huston first thought of Gable and Bogart, not Michael Caine and Sean Connery
At one point, John Huston wanted Gable & Bogart to star in this film about 2 schemers who want to rule Kafiristan
A pair of comic adventurers become the godlike leaders of an Afghan tribe in this Kipling story
In this Kipling short story, Daniel Dravot becomes the godlike monarch of an Afghani tribe
In 1975 John Huston co-starred with Sean Connery in "The Wind and the Lion" & directed him in this film
Peachy Carnahan & Daniel Dravitt plan to make themselves kings of Kafiristan in this Kipling story
An 1888 Kipling work:"Prince Charles"
1888: By Rudyard Kipling