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The King and I (1956)

  • Rated G
  • 2hr 13m
  •  (1)
  • 72

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  • Trailer
  • Clip: Shall we dance?

Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Walter Lang

Producer:

Charles Brackett, Darryl F. Zanuck

Release Date:

Jun 29, 1956

Runtime:

2hr 13m

Synopsis

A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.

Cast

  • Deborah Kerr
  • Yul Brynner
  • Rita Moreno
  • Martin Benson
  • Terry Saunders
  • Rex Thompson
  • Carlos Rivas
  • Patrick Adiarte

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Metacritic

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Based on 6 Critics
8.0

USER SCORE (8)

Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Reviews
50

A typically overproduced 1956 Fox film of the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit, with Yul Brynner as the king and Deborah Kerr as the British schoolteacher who comes to Siam to educate Brynner's army of children. Too long at 133 minutes, but the score is swell.

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Metacritic review by Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
100

Every bit of the humor and vibrant humanity that flowed through the tender story of the English school-teacher and the quizzical king is richly preserved in the screen play that Ernest Lehman has prepared.

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Metacritic review by Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
The New York Times
50

Poor songs (Hello Young Lovers, Getting to Know You), fair choreography, poor script, nice photography.

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Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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