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The King And I

Date: 1956
Type: Musical
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Walter Lang
Producer: Charles Brackett

Comment/Synopsis

Deborah Kerr is the prim English school mistress who goes to Siam to be governess to Yul Brynner as the King. This is a well produced and lavish version of the stage play that has set the standard for film musicals ever since. Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr are well cast and act the parts with style.

Actors


Yuel BrynnerYul Brynner
Deborah KerrDeborah Kerr
Rita MorenoRita Moreno
Alan MowbrayAlan Mowbray
martin BensonMartin Benson
Terry Saunders
Rex Thompson
Carlos Rivas
Geoffrey Toone

Oscars

Won - Best Actor - Yul Brynner
Nomination - Best Actress - Deborah Kerr
Nomination - Best Director - Walter Lang
Nomination Best Picture
Won - Art Direction, Costume, Sound, Music
Nomination - Cinematography
Music
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
Production
Twentieth Century Fox
King And I