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.
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
- Jay C. Flippen as Jawan
- Mike Mazurki as Chief Policeman
- Jack Elam as Hasan-Ben
- Ted de Corsia as Police Sub-altern