The King and I
movie
More than your eyes have ever seen… More than your heart has ever known!
Released June 29, 1956
Overview
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.
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
Patrick Adiarte
as
Prince Chulalongkorn
Alan Mowbray
as
Sir John Hay
Carlos Rivas
as
Lun Tha
Geoffrey Toone
as
Sir Edward Ramsay
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Charles Irwin
as
Capt. Orton (uncredited)
Marni Nixon
as
Anna Leonowens (singing voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Walter Lang
as
Director
Charles Brackett
as
Producer
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Oscar Hammerstein II
as
Musical
Leon Shamroy
as
Director of Photography
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Margaret Landon
as
Novel
Ernest Lehman
as
Screenplay
Irene Sharaff
as
Costume Design
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Darryl F. Zanuck
as
Executive Producer
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Ben Nye
as
Makeup Artist
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Lyle R. Wheeler
as
Art Direction
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Walter M. Scott
as
Set Decoration
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Eli Dunn
as
Assistant Director