It was adapted .
It was directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery , Michael Caine , Saeed Jaffrey , and Christopher Plummer as Kipling ( giving a name to the novella 's anonymous narrator ) .
It was adapted and directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery , Michael Caine , Saeed Jaffrey , and Christopher Plummer as Kipling ( giving a name to the novella 's anonymous narrator ) .