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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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
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