The Adventures of Marco Polo

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The Adventures of Marco Polo (1956)

Directed by Max Liebman

TV Movie, Music, Romance, Adventure · 1h 30m

Venetian merchant Marco Polo travels to the East and the court of Kublai Khan who makes him an emissary and sends him on diplomatic missions throughout his empire. Over many years, Polo learns new cultures and languages, but he is haunted by the face of a mysterious woman whom he had met before leaving Venice and encounters her face in every woman he sees. Eventually returning to Venice to share his exotic and esoteric knowledge, Marco Polo once again finds the woman of his dreams. The Adventures of Marco Polo was an original, live television musical which was broadcast on NBC on April 14, 1956.

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Cast

Alfred Drake Marco Polo Doretta Morrow Beggar Girl Arnold Moss Nicolo
P
Paul Ukena Kublai Khan
J
Jerome Kilty Baron's Son Ross Martin Baron
B
Beatrice Kraft Dancer
B
Bhasker Whirling Dervish

Crew

Director
Max Liebman
Writer
Billy Friedberg, Will Glickman, Neil Simon
Original Music Composer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Producer
Max Liebman

Details

Release date
1956-04-14
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
TV Movie, Music, Romance, Adventure
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
NBC