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THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975). Very good John Huston film ( originally intended for Humphrey Bogart/Clark Gable, than Burt Lancaster/Kirk Douglas and even Robert Redford/Paul Newman) has Sean Connery and Michael Caine as less than Honorable Soldiers in Colonial India who realize after their service, it's back to England with Dead End Jobs and Second Class Citizenship. They decide to travel into Afghanistan and set themselves up as rulers. By pure chance, Connory survives a Spear and is hailed as a God by the Natives. Things seem to be going swimmingly until their cover is compromised and then it gets scary. ****
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