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5.6A 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.
Released: 1955-10-08113 minDir: Vincente MinnelliMusic, Romance, Adventure, Fantasy
Cast
- Howard Keel as The Poet
- Ann Blyth as Marsinah
- Dolores Gray as Lalume
- Vic Damone as Caliph
- Monty Woolley as Omar
- Sebastian Cabot as Wazir
Themes
- musical
- beggar
- bagdad
- romance
- impostor
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
1,711 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
57%
- Year
- 1955
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- Rated
- Approved
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Stanley Donen
- Cast member
- Leonard Mudie
- Composer
- André Previn
- Producer
- Arthur Freed
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Joseph Ruttenberg
- Narrative location
- Iraq
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 315225
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 5.1/10
- publication date
- 1955-01-01
- title
- Kismet
- production designer
- E. Preston Ames
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