Kismet

Oct 8, 1955

1h 53m

★ 5.3

FAMED STAGE HIT GLORIFIED ON THE SCREEN!

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.

Genres

Music

Romance

Adventure

Fantasy

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Kismet Trailers

Cast

The Poet

Howard Keel

Marsinah

Ann Blyth

Lalume

Dolores Gray

Caliph

Vic Damone

Omar

Monty Woolley

Wazir

Sebastian Cabot

Jawan

Jay C. Flippen

Chief Policeman

Mike Mazurki

Hasan-Ben

Jack Elam

Police Sub-altern

Ted de Corsia

Harem Girl (uncredited)

Pat Sheehan

1st Princess of Ababu (uncredited)

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