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About
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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Cornel Wilde
Omar Khayyam
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Michael Rennie
Hasani Sabah
D
Debra Paget
Sharain
J
John Derek
Prince Malik
R
Raymond Massey
The Shah
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Yma Sumac
Karina
M
Margaret Hayes
Queen Zarada
J
Joan Taylor
Yaffa
P
Perry Lopez
Prince Ahmud
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Sebastian Cabot
Nizam
M
Morris Ankrum
Sharain's Father
A
Abraham Sofaer
Tutush
E
Edward Platt
Jayhan
J
James Griffith
Buzorg
J
John Abbott
Yusuf
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Dick Elliott
Tavern Keeper
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Douglas Spencer
Pigeon Keeper
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Peter Adams
Master Herald
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Henry Brandon
Commander
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Kem Dibbs
Tutush's Guard
