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Kismet

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A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" (Howard Keel) searches old Baghdad trying to find a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah (Ann Blyth). Along the way, he poses as the renowned sorcerer Hajj and gets in and out of scrapes with an elderly thief (Jay C. Flippen) and a dim-witted wazir (Sebastian Cabot) and his wife (Dolores Gray). Meanwhile, his daughter develops feelings for a handsome caliph (Vic Damone).
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/25/2011
B-
The heavy-handed glittering Arabian Nights musical is a great watch visually, but unfortunately the storytelling is uninspiring. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 04/03/2011
C-
Minnelli's weakest musical, with few redeeming qualities Go to Full Review John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis 03/30/2008
5/10
...the stage play went to the screen for Minnelli to direct. However, somewhere in the translation, something got lost. Go to Full Review Susan Granger www.susangranger.com 09/02/2007
3/5
Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com 04/20/2007
3/5
Colorful yet lackluster MGM musical spectacular. Go to Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television 08/26/2006
Poor film - but with some splendid musical numbers. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Frances H 12/14/2020 One of the great movie musicals made in the 50s, in cinemascope and technicolor with great stars, sets, singing and choreography. See more 07/31/2019 Dreary and misconceived Baghdad operetta, where every moment moves at such a funereal pace, and every Borodin tune is so uninteresting that you wonder how legendary director Vincente Minnelli ever got involved. Howard Keel is very miscast, and so resorts to overacting. I managed thirty minutes before bailing. See more 02/01/2019 The best musical movie ever made! With the best movie song ever sung: Stranger in Paradise! See more 09/09/2017 Vincente Minnelli's indifferent direction mars this Arabian Knights musical adapted from the stage hit; the score (based on Borodin's music) is still quite lovely, including song hits such as "Stranger in Paradise," "Baubles, Bangles and Beads," and "Not Since Ninevah." See more 01/28/2017 Glorious colourful meaningless musical that none of you will enjoy. See more 03/25/2016 WOW.....WOW....SUCH AN ENJOYABLE MOVIE 2 WATCH WITH SUCH A FANTASTIC CAST THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE IT IS SUCH A FANTASTIC MOVIE 2 WATCH WITH SUCH A BRILLIANT CAST THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE......WARNING THIS MOVIE CONTAINS STROBE LIGHTNING EFFECTS THROUGHOUT SOME SCENES THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE....... ITS GOT SUCH A FANTASTIC SOUNDTRACK THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE IT IS SUCH A BRILLIANT MOVIE 2 WATCH WITH A BRILLIANT CAST THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE........ See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Vincente Minnelli

Director

Howard Keel

Hajj

Ann Blyth

Marsinah

Dolores Gray

Lalume

Vic Damone

The Caliph

Monty Woolley

Omar

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Synopsis A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" (Howard Keel) searches old Baghdad trying to find a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah (Ann Blyth). Along the way, he poses as the renowned sorcerer Hajj and gets in and out of scrapes with an elderly thief (Jay C. Flippen) and a dim-witted wazir (Sebastian Cabot) and his wife (Dolores Gray). Meanwhile, his daughter develops feelings for a handsome caliph (Vic Damone).
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Producer
Arthur Freed
Screenwriter
Charles Lederer, Luther Davis
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 8, 1955, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 21, 2016
Runtime
1h 53m
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