Farewell to the King
Farewell to the King
Release: 1989-03-03
·Runtime: 117m
·★ 6.0
War
Adventure
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Orion Pictures
Cine Location Services
David Hannay Productions
Film Plan Financing Number 1
Ruddy Morgan Productions
Southeast Asia Film Location Services Sdn. Bhd.
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Nick Nolte
as Learoyd
Aki Aleong
as Col. Mitamura
Wayne Pygram
as Bren Armstrong
James Fox
as Col. Ferguson
Nigel Havers
as Capt. Fairbourne
Frank McRae
as Sgt. Tenga
Gerry Lopez
as Gwai
Marius Weyers
as Sgt. Conklin
John Bennett Perry
as Gen. MacArthur
Marilyn Tokuda
as Yoo
Richard Morgan
as Strech Lewis