🎬 War, Adventure

Farewell to the King

"In the midst of war, one man vanished into the jungle, and emerged as king."

⭐ 6.0/10 1989 1h 57m Dir. John Milius

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An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.

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6.0/10 75 votes

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Year
1989
Runtime
1h 57m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.0/10
Votes
75
Genre
War, Adventure
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$16.0M

Cast

🎭 War 🎭 Adventure 🎬 John Milius 👤 Nick Nolte 👤 Nigel Havers 👤 Marilyn Tokuda
guerrilla warfare paradise island shipwreck desertion world war ii infantry u.s. navy tribe borneo jungle

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Farewell to the King has a runtime of 1h 57m (1 hour and 57 minutes).
Farewell to the King was directed by John Milius and released in 1989.
Farewell to the King is a War, Adventure film (1989).
The cast of Farewell to the King includes Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Marilyn Tokuda, Frank McRae, Gerry Lopez.
Farewell to the King has a TMDB rating of 6.0/10 based on 75 votes.

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