Walter Lang's 1956 film is the story of teacher Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr), who is hired to tutor the children of the King of Siam. The king and Anna clash as Anna insists on teaching her pupils about subjects like slavery and as troubles between their two countries loom.
Kerr's singing was dubbed by prolific Hollywood singer Marni Nixon, who also supplied vocals for Natalie Wood in "West Side Story" and Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady" and appeared onscreen as one of the nuns in the film "The Sound of Music."
