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Kismet

Year:

1955

Duration:

113 min

Genres:

Adventure | Musical | Fantasy | Comedy | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1955-10-08

Cast

Actor

Character

Bernie Hamilton

George Keymas

Howard Keel

Hajj

Ann Blyth

Marsinah

Dolores Gray

Lalume

Vic Damone

The Caliph

Monty Woolley

Omar

Sebastian Cabot

Wazir

Jay C. Flippen

Jawan

Mike Mazurki

Chief Policeman

Jack Elam

Hassan-Ben

Ted de Corsia

Police subaltern

Reiko Sato

1st Princess of Ababu

Patricia Dunn

2nd Princess of Ababu

Wonci Lui

3rd Princess of Ababu

Julie Robinson

Zubbediya

Ray Aghayan

Brave Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Ed Agresti

Nobleman (uncredited)

Richard Alameda

Nobleman (uncredited)

Suzanne Ames

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Jan Arvan

Manservant (uncredited)

William Bagdad

Wholesaler (uncredited)

Ross Bagdasarian

Fevvol (uncredited)

Rama Bai

Plump Ayah (uncredited)

Nita Bieber

Samaris (uncredited)

John Bleifer

Beggar (uncredited)

Herman Boden

Dancer / Silk Merchant (uncredited)

David Bond

Nobleman (uncredited)

George Bruggeman

Wazir Guard (uncredited)

Buddy Bryant

Dancer / Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Barrie Chase

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Noel Cravat

Madman Merchant (uncredited)

Jack Dodds

Dancer / Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Jamie Farr

Orange Merchant (uncredited)

Vera Francis

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Louise Franklin

Dressmaker (uncredited)

Naji Gabbay

Nobleman / Muezzin (uncredited)

Chief Leonard George

Servant (uncredited)

Jean Hartelle

Celebrant (uncredited)

Edmund Hashim

Nobleman (uncredited)

Hilo Hattie

Ayah (uncredited)

David Hoffman

Beggar (uncredited)

Sam Hunter

Guard (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone

Market Patron (uncredited)

Dulcy Jordan

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

George Khoury

Bystander (uncredited)

Kimo

Executioner (uncredited)

June Kirby

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Van Kirke

Nobleman (uncredited)

Marc Krah

Wholesaler (uncredited)

Walter Kray

Nobleman (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Policeman (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

Fig Vendor (uncredited)

Alan Lee

Worshipper (uncredited)

Luana Lee

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Vera Lee

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Virginia Lee

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Guy Manford

Nobleman (uncredited)

John Mansfield

Herald (uncredited)

Charles Mauu

Policeman (uncredited)

Reed Maxcy

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Bert May

Arabian Dancer (uncredited)

Frank Mitchell

Slave Merchant (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Physician (uncredited)

Naji

Nobleman / Muezzin's Voice (uncredited)

Diana Norris

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Donna Norris

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Don Orlando

Wholesaler (uncredited)

Hamil Petroff

Dancer / Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Frank Radcliffe

Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Gloria Rhoads

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Phil Rich

Bangle Man (uncredited)

Herman Rudin

Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Sam Scar

Bystander (uncredited)

Norbert Schiller

Beggar (uncredited)

Pat Sheehan

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Reginald Lal Singh

Muezzin (uncredited)

Aaron Spelling

Beggar (uncredited)

Nick Thompson

Businessman with Jug (uncredited)

Arthur Tookoian

Nobleman (uncredited)

Marie Tsien

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Dee Turnell

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

Bruno VeSota

Wholesaler (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

Beggar (uncredited)

George Wandell

Jawan Servant (uncredited)

Mel Welles

Beggar (uncredited)

Marc Wilder

Dancer / Silk Merchant (uncredited)

Norman Wright

Nobleman (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Vic Damone who plays the Caliph in the movie was the cousin of Doretta Morrow who played Marsinah in the original Broadway production.

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The original Broadway production of "Kismet" opened at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York on December 3, 1953, ran for 583 performances and won the 1954 Tony Award for the Best Musical.

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Future mega-successful TV producer Aaron Spelling (Charlie's Angels (1976), The Love Boat (1977), Dynasty (1981)) appears uncredited as a beggar. Spelling wrote in his memoirs that this role made him decide to give up acting. Director Vincente Minnelli always said he was responsible for Spelling's career as a successful TV producer and told him: "Had I not put you in 'Kismet', you'd still be an actor somewhere."

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Quotes

Marsinah: [on being told that the Wazir intends to visit her room that night] If you do I'll kill myself, I swear it!

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The Poet: May your taxes increase!

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Lalume: [singing] On days when my lord groweth restless, and bored by his sword and his plume... his handmaiden hath what he needeth- and what doth he need? Rahadlakum!

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