Description

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

Ann Blyth

Dolores Gray

Vic Damone

Monty Woolley

Sebastian Cabot

Jay C. Flippen

Mike Mazurki

Jack Elam

Ted de Corsia

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