Kismet
“ECSTACY of Song Spectacle and Love!”
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
Known for
Dallas
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Ann Blyth
Marsinah
Known for
Mildred Pierce
Brute Force
Dolores Gray
Lalume
Known for
Designing Woman
It's Always Fair Weather
Vic Damone
Caliph
Also in
Hell to Eternity
Hit the Deck
Monty Woolley
Omar
Known for
The Bishop's Wife
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Sebastian Cabot
Wazir
Known for
The Sword in the Stone
The Jungle Book
Jay C. Flippen
Jawan
Known for
The Killing
The Wild One
Mike Mazurki
Chief Policeman
Known for
Some Like It Hot
Murder, My Sweet
Jack Elam
Hasan-Ben
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Cannonball Run
Ted de Corsia
Police Sub-altern
Known for
The Killing
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Pat Sheehan
Harem Girl (uncredited) / Harem Showgirl (uncredited)
Also in
Blondie
Reiko Sato
1st Princess of Ababu (uncredited)
Known for
Woman on the Run
Vincente Minnelli Director · Charles Lederer Screenplay Luther Davis Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.8M · Budget $3M · United States release October 8, 1955
Box office
Budget
$3,015,000
Worldwide gross
$1,827,000
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 8, 1955
Theatrical · F658
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