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Kismet

5.6 113 mins Music   Romance   Adventure   Fantasy   1955
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer   Loew's Incorporated  
Director(s): Vincente Minnelli

Release Date: 08 Sat, Oct 1955

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.

Casts of Kismet

Howard Keel

as The Poet

Ann Blyth

as Marsinah

Dolores Gray

as Lalume

Vic Damone

as Caliph

Monty Woolley

as Omar

Sebastian Cabot

as Wazir

Jay C. Flippen

as Jawan

Mike Mazurki

as Chief Policeman

Jack Elam

as Hasan-Ben

Ted de Corsia

as Police Sub-altern

Pat Sheehan

as Harem Girl (uncredited)

Reiko Sato

as 1st Princess of Ababu (uncredited)

Patricia Dunn

as 3rd Princess of Ababu (uncredited)

Bernie Hamilton

as Pearl Merchant (uncredited)

Ray Aghayan

as Brave Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Ed Agresti

as Nobleman (uncredited)

Jan Arvan

as Manservant (uncredited)

William Bagdad

as Wholesaler (uncredited)

Ross Bagdasarian

as Fevvol (uncredited)

Rama Bai

as Plump Ayah (uncredited)

Nita Bieber

as Samaris (uncredited)

John Bleifer

as Beggar (uncredited)

Lennie Bluett

as Dancer/Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Herman Boden

as Dancer/Silk Merchant (uncredited)

David Bond

as Nobleman (uncredited)

George Bruggeman

as Wazir Guard (uncredited)

Buddy Bryan

as Dancer/Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Barrie Chase

as Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Noel Cravat

as Madman Merchant (uncredited)

Drusilla Davis

as Dancer (uncredited)

Jack Dodds

as Dancer/Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Jamie Farr

as Orange Merchant (uncredited)

Louise Franklin

as Dressmaker (uncredited)

Naji Gabbay

as Nobleman/Muezzin (uncredited)

Leonard George

as Servant (uncredited)

Jean Hartelle

as Celebrant (uncredited)

Edmund Hashim

as Nobleman (uncredited)

Hilo Hattie

as Ayah (uncredited)

David Hoffman

as Beggar (uncredited)

Sam Hunter

as Guard (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone

as Market Patron (uncredited)

Dulcie Jordan

as Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

George Keymas

as Young Policeman (uncredited)

George Khoury

as Bystander (uncredited)

Marc Krah

as Wholesaler (uncredited)

Walter Kray

as Nobleman (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

as Policeman (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

as Fig Vendor (uncredited)

Alan Lee

as Worshipper (uncredited)

Luana Lee

as Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Vera Lee

as Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Virginia Lee

as Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Guy Manford

as Nobleman (uncredited)

John Mansfield

as Herald (uncredited)

Charles Mauu

as Policeman (uncredited)

Reed Maxcy

as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Bert May

as Arabian Dancer (uncredited)

Maria McClay

as Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Frank Mitchell

as Slave Merchant (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

as Physician (uncredited)

Diana Norris

as Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Donna Norris

as Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Don Orlando

as Wholesaler (uncredited)

Hamil Petroff

as Dancer/Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Frank Radcliffe

as Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Gloria Rhoads

as Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Phil Rich

as Bangle Man (uncredited)

Julie Robinson

as Zubbediya (uncredited)

Herman Rudin

as Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Sam Scar

as Bystander (uncredited)

Norbert Schiller

as Beggar (uncredited)

Pat Sheehan

as Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Reginald Lal Singh

as Muezzin (uncredited)

Aaron Spelling

as Beggar (uncredited)

Nick Thompson

as Businessman with Jug (uncredited)

Arthur Tookoian

as Nobleman (uncredited)

Dee Turnell

as Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Bruno VeSota

as Wholesaler (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

as Beggar (uncredited)

George Wandell

as Jawan Servant (uncredited)

Mel Welles

as Beggar (uncredited)

Marc Wilder

as Dancer/Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Norman Wright

as Nobleman (uncredited)

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