August 23, 1957
101 minutes
AdventureRomance
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.
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Cast
Cornel Wilde
(Omar Khayyam)
Michael Rennie
(Hasani Sabah)
Debra Paget
(Sharain)
John Derek
(Prince Malik)
Raymond Massey
(The Shah)
Yma Sumac
(Karina)
Margaret Hayes
(Queen Zarada)
Joan Taylor
(Yaffa)
Perry Lopez
(Prince Ahmud)
Sebastian Cabot
(Nizam)
Morris Ankrum
(Sharain's Father)
Abraham Sofaer
(Tutush)
Edward Platt
(Jayhan)
James Griffith
(Buzorg)
John Abbott
(Yusuf)
Dick Elliott
(Tavern Keeper)
Douglas Spencer
(Pigeon Keeper)
Peter Adams
(Master Herald)
Henry Brandon
(Commander)
Kem Dibbs
(Tutush's Guard)
Paul Picerni
(Commander)
Robert Tafur
(Nobleman (uncredited))
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