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.
Vincente Minnelli | Director |
Adrienne Fazan | Editor |
Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
Luther Davis | Screenplay |
Arthur Freed | Producer |
Joseph Ruttenberg | Director of Photography |
E. Preston Ames | Art Direction |
Tony Duquette | Costume Design |
Charles Lederer | Screenplay |
Robert Wright | Lyricist |