Music Romance Adventure Fantasy
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.
Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
Mike Mazurki
Chief Policeman
Charles Wagenheim
Beggar (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Fig Vendor (uncredited)
Bruno VeSota
Wholesaler (uncredited)
Jamie Farr
Orange Merchant (uncredited)
Jack Elam
Hasan-Ben
David Bond
Nobleman (uncredited)
Edmund Hashim
Nobleman (uncredited)
Nita Bieber
Samaris (uncredited)
Pat Sheehan
Harem Girl (uncredited)
George Keymas
Young Policeman (uncredited)
Mel Welles
Beggar (uncredited)
Vera Lee
Harem Showgirl (uncredited)
Reiko Sato
1st Princess of Ababu (uncredited)
Ted de Corsia
Police Sub-altern
Jay C. Flippen
Jawan
Howard Keel
The Poet
Sebastian Cabot
Wazir
Ann Blyth
Marsinah
Dee Turnell
Harem Showgirl (uncredited)
Jan Arvan
Manservant (uncredited)
Vic Damone
Caliph
Norbert Schiller
Beggar (uncredited)
Noel Cravat
Madman Merchant (uncredited)
Monty Woolley
Omar
Dick Johnstone
Market Patron (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Policeman (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Physician (uncredited)
Barrie Chase
Harem Showgirl (uncredited)
Dolores Gray
Lalume
David Hoffman
Beggar (uncredited)
John Bleifer
Beggar (uncredited)
Marc Krah
Wholesaler (uncredited)
Bernie Hamilton
Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
Buddy Bryan
Dancer/Silk Merchant (uncredited)
Hilo Hattie
Ayah (uncredited)
Frank Mitchell
Slave Merchant (uncredited)
William Bagdad
Wholesaler (uncredited)
Charles Mauu
Policeman (uncredited)
Patricia Dunn
3rd Princess of Ababu (uncredited)
Ed Agresti
Nobleman (uncredited)
Rama Bai
Plump Ayah (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett
Dancer/Silk Merchant (uncredited)
Herman Boden
Dancer/Silk Merchant (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Wazir Guard (uncredited)
Drusilla Davis
Dancer (uncredited)
Jack Dodds
Dancer/Silk Merchant (uncredited)
Louise Franklin
Dressmaker (uncredited)
Naji Gabbay
Nobleman/Muezzin (uncredited)
Leonard George
Servant (uncredited)
Jean Hartelle
Celebrant (uncredited)
Sam Hunter
Guard (uncredited)
Dulcie Jordan
Harem Showgirl (uncredited)
George Khoury
Bystander (uncredited)
Walter Kray
Nobleman (uncredited)
Alan Lee
Worshipper (uncredited)
Luana Lee
Harem Showgirl (uncredited)
Virginia Lee
Harem Showgirl (uncredited)
Guy Manford
Nobleman (uncredited)
John Mansfield
Herald (uncredited)
Reed Maxcy
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Bert May
Arabian Dancer (uncredited)
Maria McClay
Harem Showgirl (uncredited)
Diana Norris
Harem Showgirl (uncredited)
Donna Norris
Harem Showgirl (uncredited)
Don Orlando
Wholesaler (uncredited)
Hamil Petroff
Dancer/Silk Merchant (uncredited)
Frank Radcliffe
Silk Merchant (uncredited)
Gloria Rhoads
Harem Showgirl (uncredited)
Phil Rich
Bangle Man (uncredited)
Julie Robinson
Zubbediya (uncredited)
Herman Rudin
Silk Merchant (uncredited)
Sam Scar
Bystander (uncredited)
Reginald Lal Singh
Muezzin (uncredited)
Nick Thompson
Businessman with Jug (uncredited)
Arthur Tookoian
Nobleman (uncredited)
George Wandell
Jawan Servant (uncredited)
Marc Wilder
Dancer/Silk Merchant (uncredited)
Norman Wright
Nobleman (uncredited)
Herbert Fischer

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