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.
Genre: Music, Romance, Adventure, Fantasy
Stars: Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, Vic Damone, Monty Woolley, Sebastian Cabot
Crew: Vincente Minnelli (Director), Adrienne Fazan (Editor), Cedric Gibbons (Art Direction), Luther Davis (Screenplay), Arthur Freed (Producer), Joseph Ruttenberg (Director of Photography)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Runtime: 113 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 08, 1955
IMDb: 6
