The King and I (1956)
More than your eyes have ever seen… More than your heart has ever known!
133 min
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Leonowens 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.
- Release date
- June 29, 1956
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $4,550,000
- Box office
- $21,300,000
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Cast
- Deborah Kerr as Anna Leonowens
- Yul Brynner as King Mongkut of Siam
- Rita Moreno as Tuptim
- Martin Benson as Kralahome
- Terry Saunders as Lady Thiang
- Rex Thompson as Louis Leonowens
- Carlos Rivas as Lun Tha
- Patrick Adiarte as Prince Chulalongkorn
- Alan Mowbray as Sir John Hay
- Geoffrey Toone as Sir Edward Ramsay
- Jadin Wong as Amazon (uncredited)
- Charles Irwin as Captain Orton (uncredited)
- Dale Ishimoto as Crewman (uncredited)
- Joan Lora as Dancer (uncredited)
- Yuriko as Eliza (uncredited)
- William Yip as High Priest (uncredited)
- Leonard Strong as Interpreter (uncredited)
Crew
- Walter Lang · Director
- Ernest Lehman · Writer
- Oscar Hammerstein II · Writer
- Margaret Landon · Writer
- Charles Brackett · Producer
- Richard Rodgers · Composer
- Leon Shamroy · Cinematographer
- Robert L. Simpson · Editor