Release Date: 1955-10-08
Overview: 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.
Rating: 5.3 / 10
Howard Keel
as The Poet
Ann Blyth
as Marsinah
Dolores Gray
as Lalume
Vic Damone
as Caliph
Monty Woolley
as Omar
Vincente Minnelli - Director
Adrienne Fazan - Editor
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction
Luther Davis - Screenplay
Arthur Freed - Producer
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