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.
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)
