Nick Nolte
Learoyd
Farewell to the King (1989)
"In the midst of war, one man vanished into the jungle, and emerged as king."
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Overview
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.
John Milius
Director
John Milius
Screenplay
Top Billed Cast
Nigel Havers
Capt. Fairbourne
Marilyn Tokuda
Yoo
Frank McRae
Sgt. Tenga
Gerry Lopez
Gwai
James Fox
Col. Ferguson
Marius Weyers
Sgt. Conklin
John Bennett Perry
Gen. MacArthur
Aki Aleong
Col. Mitamura
Elan Oberon
Vivienne
Wayne Pygram
Bren Armstrong
Choy Chang Wing
Lian
William Wise
Dynamite Dave
Richard Morgan
Strech Lewis
Michael Nissman
Gen. Sutherland
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