Movie · 1957
Omar Khayyam
Released 23 August 1957 More from 1957 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Dick Elliott
as Tavern Keeper
Morris Ankrum
as Sharain's Father
John Abbott
as Yusuf
Michael Rennie
as Hasani Sabah
Douglas Spencer
as Pigeon Keeper
Henry Brandon
as Commander
Cornel Wilde
as Omar Khayyam
Margaret Hayes
as Queen Zarada
Kem Dibbs
as Tutush's Guard
Sebastian Cabot
as Nizam
Paul Picerni
as Commander
John Derek
as Prince Malik
Perry Lopez
as Prince Ahmud
Debra Paget
as Sharain
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The numbers
47years between the oldest and youngest billed
71Dick Elliott — oldest on the call sheet
24Debra Paget — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast