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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.
Cast
Howard Keel
The Poet
Ann Blyth
Marsinah
Dolores Gray
Lalume
Vic Damone
Caliph
Monty Woolley
Omar
Sebastian Cabot
Wazir
Jay C. Flippen
Jawan
Mike Mazurki
Chief Policeman
Jack Elam
Hasan-Ben
Ted de Corsia
Police Sub-altern
Pat Sheehan
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Reiko Sato
1st Princess of Ababu (uncredited)
Patricia Dunn
3rd Princess of Ababu (uncredited)
Bernie Hamilton
Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
Ray Aghayan
Brave Shopkeeper (uncredited)
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Storyline
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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