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Farewell to the King

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

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Farewell to the King

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

The Story

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.

Budget

$16,000,000

Runtime

117 min

Box Office

$2,420,917

Released Mar 1989
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