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Screenplay Ernest Lehman
Director Walter Lang

The King and I

Tagline: More than your eyes have ever seen… More than your heart has ever known!

Release Date: 1956-06-29

Duration: 133 minutes

Synopsis

Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.

Casting

  • Deborah Kerr
    Anna Leonowens
  • Yul Brynner
    King Mongkut of Siam
  • Rita Moreno
    Tuptim
  • Evelyn Rudie
    Royal Child (uncredited)
  • Martin Benson
    Kralahome
  • Charles Irwin
    Capt. Orton (uncredited)
  • Carlos Rivas
    Lun Tha
  • Alan Mowbray
    Sir John Hay
  • Rex Thompson
    Louis Leonowens
  • Patrick Adiarte
    Prince Chulalongkorn