Release Date

08 Oct, 1955

Runtime

01:53: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

FAMED STAGE HIT GLORIFIED ON THE SCREEN!

A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along the way, he poses as the renowned sorcerer Hajj and gets in and out of scrapes with an elderly thief, a dim-witted wazir, and his wife. Meanwhile, his daughter develops feelings for a handsome caliph.

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Actors

Howard Keel

Ann Blyth

Dolores Gray

Vic Damone

Monty Woolley

Sebastian Cabot

Jay C. Flippen

Mike Mazurki

Jack Elam

Ted de Corsia

Pat Sheehan

Reiko Sato

Patricia Dunn

Bernie Hamilton

Ray Aghayan

Ed Agresti

Jan Arvan

William Bagdad

Ross Bagdasarian

Rama Bai

Nita Bieber

Crew

Vincente Minnelli

Adrienne Fazan

Cedric Gibbons

Luther Davis

Arthur Freed

Joseph Ruttenberg

E. Preston Ames

Tony Duquette

Charles Lederer

Bob Wright

Chet Forrest

Jeff Alexander

Arthur Morton

Alexander Courage