Hats On! 

No argument here.

+William Wilson Aaah, yes.

William Wilson Brilliantly, brilliant!

It's actually better than the book.

@@alanvcraig Got the anthology. Maybe the book version's as good as the film.

Well said, Brother Davidian7787!

Sean Connery 1930-2020

The limey variant of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Daniel, not David, but otherwise WELL SAID.

Sean Connery was 90 years old when he died. Good thing his acting was better than your math.

My Favorite Line in the Movie is When M.C. Said "The Jig is Up" Dave'. (smile)

aye, East London working class. He did a great job as an out-ranked cavalry oficer in"Zulu".

His hatred of the British class system, yet he was a staunch Tory supporter.

Glad it didn't work. This film is perfection is it stands

They died on him. He wanted to do it in the 1950s and couldn't get it done, and they were both gone by 1960, victims of the old Hollywood lifestyle. Both had done physically demanding roles recently before their deaths. It's a good thing they never got the chance, though, because dear God. It's also a film that a lot of women are sure to like, they like adventure films as much as men, and given the stars of this film didn't exactly fall out of the ugly tree either... It's hard to define what exactly a 'man's' film really is, because, for instance, the James Bond films might seem to be that, but as everyone knows they are everything BUT that. Everyone, everywhere, likes those films. Maybe The Big Lebowski? Fight Club? American Psycho? The business card scene in American Psycho is pure hierarchical dick-swinging. But then you've got Christian Bale showering. So...?

that is incorrect His Wife was dying CASABLANCA

@Chase Williams and the Wild Geese

He got lucky with this duo. Incredible acting and chemistry.

D Cavalli Wonderful story. This was my father's favourite film, he recently passed away and whenever I went to see him in hospital I entered in exactly the same way.

lol I bet that cheered him up

@@Edkins460 - awk, I didn't see your post until I'd answered the post you're replying to. My comment wasn't meant for you, it would sound callous.

@@franl155 Don't worry about it, but for the record, it did cheer my father up too! :)

By the way, guys, I once saw a documentary about the background of this film. Most of the scenes were NOT filmed in central or southern (India) Asia, ..... BUT IN MOROCCO!!! And the frail old guy who played the high priest with about 100 wrinkles on his face?? He was a shepherd!!! He went home after each day's filming ant watched over his flock for most of the night!!! Which explains why his eyes were so bloodshot! And I think he was 95 or maybe even 100 years OLD!!

I wish I could give you ten thumbs ups. I don't think the two ever had leading roles together in a film before or after. What a shame. The bi-play tween the two of them is THE BEST I have ever seen in my life. I would place Eastwood and Eli Wallach in Good-Bad-Ugly way up there also. And in case you have never seen it, and don't mind f-bombs galore, De Niro and Grodin in Midnight Run. Even Dustin Hoffman and a young Tom Cruise in Rain Man were terrific.

Plummer was great as Kipling too. And all the rest...

Vrgnia Mailman, don’t forget Newman and Redford.

@@VrgniaMailman Huh? Connery was the lead in like 6 Bond films. Caine was co-lead in Zulu and frankly so many films before and after it's impossible to list. And yes they were brilliant here.

@@tsopmocful1958 Exactly. The Kipling role was a small one but it held the whole story together.

Can't beat a classic!

Belated answer by me, but true. I remember seeing a photo of Franz Kafka in a book. The photo was taken a little before or during WW1, but he was wearing a business suit almost identical to one I had at the time (the 1980s).

My God he's young once!

@@JnEricsonx RIP Plummer

Yeah, like he would actually like to.

@@stenmaulsby5924 It would have been a colourful article.

I love the bit where they're talking to Kipling about the "contrack" and mention the last clause about not deserting each other, and the way Sean looks and sounds when he says they didn't really need it, they put it in just for show.

Fuck you! And the horse that you rode in on!

LOLOLOL

I always laugh at that. I've laughed at that a lot.

@@lindajordan5481 metoo

It really was the epitomy of English accented brass. They nailed it in performing that scene it's legendary truly. I use this link like a quote or emoji for brassy conduct in general and for being very very good at what you do best. Brass off any scrutiny whatsoever.

Hardly an aglophile,but I have to admit my reluctant admiration !!!!

To be sure...

Kudos to Abede.

@@lawrencewood289 Thanks for posting that - cheers & good health 🍸⛩️

Makes for a good exit!

By the left...quick march!

"I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS DETRIMENTS LIKE US WHO ..... etc " LOL

Four actually...

@@ravey99 Plummer and the actor who played Billie Fish, Saeed Jaffrey???

@@VrgniaMailman Yes, loved Jaffreys work

+Ad Mirer Its the look. If you ain't got it you'll never get it.

The british army can go to hell. It was not british. And it was not an army, it was a racket.

@@martinan22 what's a racket ???

@@silicononsapphire5102 The East India Company? You know, that conquered India? Until it had extorted so much that there was a huge rebellion in 1857. Then the East India Company used its bought politicians to safeguard its asset on the British Taxpayers expense by letting the army put down the rebellion. Privatize your profits, socialize your losses, as it was then, it is now. A racket. For example, the "bailout of Greece" a few years back was not a bailout of Greece, it was a bailout of the banks that had lent money to Greece. They got high interest rates and when it all came crashing down they used their bought politicians to socialize their losses.

@@martinan22 Bloody liberals.

I wholly agree

No love for Zardoz? (I kid, I kid.)

Doug Griggs "Hats on. About turn. By the left, quick March."

Years later they’d be called deplorables

...and the Izhat of the bloody Raj!

I love that quote. It's not just well written, it's also kinda poignant (and true).

ravey99 Indeed - a lovely, lovely actor. And 'The Archers' was never the same after he departed......................

THANK YOU! - I knew I Knew the voice , if not the face he's been gone 21 years now

AKA Igor the Butler from Count Duckula

gunga din the wind and the lion zulu the last valley northwest frontier china seas kawrence of arabia the true glory lives of a bengal lancer northwest mounted police all the early indiana jones movies the lost patrol second hand lions the professionals butch cassidy ride the high country emperor jones nope that keeps you going loads more in the same vein

Well, you might not consider these similar, nor good (not all of them are). But in someways they have that , reaching into the unknown, trying to conqour new territory, the Faustian thing about them. Or maybe I read them wrong: Doomsday (British B-movie from 2008) Lawrence of Arabia (needs no explanation) For some reason i added Domino and The messenger the story of Joan of Arc to the list. Im not sure they are apropriate.

Bridge over the river Kwai and the film Zulu come to mind.

with a kic called tabby

India was no stranger to colonization & colonialism before the 16th century CE

I didn't know that. Now I've a good reason to watch it again.

They were charming greeting me at their door and also as passengers although Caine was a bit paranoid about the party people milling around on Sunset just east of Vine.

In a way this reminds me of Hernan Cortez with 38 spanish soldiers taking the mighty Inca empire ranging from Argentina,chile,Bolivia,Peru Ecuador and colombia. The difference was that it was true. But the spirit of this film is admirable!!!

bad ass where they belong, eh what.

India was no stranger to colonization & colonialism before the 16th century CE

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Their foot drill was pretty good, considering Sean Connery had left the Royal Navy decades before this film was made, and Michael Caine hadn't been in the British Army for about the same amount of time (he was a reservist, conscripted under something called National Service and he actually saw combat in Korea). This scene wasn't scripted, it was likely improvised by Caine because the director of the film, John Huston, was an American who wouldn't have had a clue about how to direct this scene. Totally authentic and totally understandable to anyone who had ever served in any British Commonwealth military unit in the 20th and 21st centuries. As a former Canadian Army reservist myself, I found the line, "By the left, quick MARCH!" all too familiar.

@@stevestruthers6180 former Canadian Army Reserve here too (Armoured Recce). I know the history but it still sends chills and instills pride when you hear those commands!

The Man Who Would Be King.

@@bergmanf Ohhhhhh its on amazon!!

@@colzaidikari In fairness it's the first result if you'd Googled "Connery and Caine" but glad to have saved you the twenty seconds.

Just finished it. i cant believe that is how it ended T_T.

Yes, well the foot-stomping anyway. Funnily enough, it wasn't how they marched back then!

Look up Trooping the Colour here on RU-vid.

for the Widowers Sons.

A deliberate change of dialogue and perhaps for good reason.

Right wing? How so? The concept of the political spectrum didn't even exist in the year this film is set. Grow up, and grow a pair.

If you think this film has right wing undertones, you have COMPLETELY missed its point.

Paul Seager Yes it did. The concept of the ‘left’ and ‘right’ dates from the French Revolution when supporters of the King sat on the right of the National Assembly and supporters of the revolution sat on the left. The OP has totally missed the point of this film, though, if he thinks it’s right wing.🙄

@@hannyhawkins7804 in that case it has left wing undertones.

He's correct. Kipling was a proud imperialist Anglo-Indian with unashamed jingoism and patriotic fervour.