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Then for years he wanted to bring this adventure story by Kipling to the screen. How many years? Well, originally he had Bogie and Gable in mind for the leads, you do the math.

Fortunately for us, he eventually got the green light for his project.

He then found Peachy and Danny in Michael Caine and Sean Connery, movie stars who are also great actors-- of which there ain't many, folks---and who are perfectly cast in the roles.

Moreover, Caine and Connery had been friends for a long time and this undoubtedly helped bring to life the camaraderie between the misfit heroes.

It is the late 19th century and Danny and Peachy, formerly sergeants in Her Majesty's Army, find themselves stranded and penniless in India. Their ungrateful country has no further use for them, although their officers once called them heroes "We fought our way up the pass yard by bloody yard."

Now, bureocrats are running the show "with long skinny noses for looking down on you" and Danny and Peachy are considered 'undesirables'.

So they are faced with three choices: Go back to England and take jobs as a porters or something equally lower class and menial, stay in India and continue to live more or less as petty criminals, or. . .

Well, let's not give the plot away. Suffice it to say that when a reasonable Kipling (wonderfully played by Christopher Plummer) tries to dissuade them from their insane scheme, on the grounds that the odds against them are truly suicidal, Peachy dismisses his concerns with "Well, if a Greek can do it, two Englishman certainly can !"

--The Greek in question being Alexander the Great--

And yes, women as well as men will enjoy this great film. It's a not a "buddy movie", it's a classic.

Thank you, John Huston.

"God's Holy Trousers!"
4.5 stars. This is my favorite film from director John Huston. Running a close second is his classic film "Treasure of the Sierra Madre." What sets this adventure film apart from most is the extraordinary production value. There are lavish costumes and huge, colorful sets; and the great photography captures it all in fine detail. Also, the two lead actors played by Michael Caine and Sean Connery give two of their best performances ever. That is praise, indeed, for two future Oscar winners. Sean Connery won for "The Untouchables," and Michael Caine won twice, once for "Hannah and Her Sisters" and another for "The Cider House Rules." Both actors are superb here, using subtelty and terrific use of a grand screenplay. Also, Christopher Plummer gives another professional performance as the correspondent of The Northern Star, Rudyard Kipling. This movie is based on the story of the same name written by Rudyard Kipling and is, in effect, a period film from a more naive era. There was a plot flaw, albeit minor. Sean Connery, for a good portion of the film is revered as a god because his subjects did not see him bleed when struck in the chest by an arrow. The reason is explained soonafter for the audience, but I have a question: Do gods not have other bodily functions, such as relieving oneself? Wouldn't that have made him seem less like a god and more like the rest of his followers? I know I'm nitpicking an otherwise great film, and this small flaw is easy to ignore. This is a fantastic movie with fine acting, and is one of the last truly epic works of the legendary John Huston.

I WILL PUT IT SIMPLY
BUY THIS MOVIE

I will give you three reasons why:
1) Sean Connery: one of the best actors. Period.
2) Michael Caine: another of the best. And he looks good in that hat.
3) Kipling: you just can't beat that for a writer.

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