The King and I (1956)
The King and I (1956)
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Cast & Crew.
Deborah Kerr
Anna Leonowens
Yul Brynner
King Mongkut of Siam
Rita Moreno
Tuptim
Martin Benson
Kralahome
Terry Saunders
Lady Thiang
Rex Thompson
Louis Leonowens
Patrick Adiarte
Prince Chulalongkorn
Alan Mowbray
Sir John Hay
Carlos Rivas
Lun Tha
Geoffrey Toone
Sir Edward Ramsay
Charles Irwin
Capt. Orton (uncredited)
Marni Nixon
Anna Leonowens (singing voice) (uncredited)
Evelyn Rudie
Royal Child (uncredited)
Walter Lang
Director
Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical / Lyricist
Ernest Lehman
Screenplay
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Margaret Landon
Novel
Charles Brackett
Producer
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Eli Dunn
Assistant Director
Robert L. Simpson
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 29, 1956
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 13m
Content RatingG
Budget$4,550,000
Box Office$21,300,000
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The King and I is a 1956 American musical film made by 20th Century-Fox, directed by Walter Lang and produced by Charles Brackett and Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is based on the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, which is itself based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. That novel in turn was based on memoirs written by Anna Leonowens, who became school teacher to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. Leonowens' stories were autobiographical, although various elements of them have been called into question. The film stars Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner.
The film was a critical and commercial success and was nominated for 9 Oscars and won 5, including Best Actor for Brynner.
An animated film adaptation of the same musical was released in 1999. On February 12, 2021, Paramount Pictures and Temple Hill Entertainment announced that another live-action film version was in development.