Kismet

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Howard Keel The Poet

Ann Blyth Marsinah

Dolores Gray Lalume

Vic Damone Caliph

Monty Woolley Omar