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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  William Dieterle

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  Cornel Wilde
  Omar Khayyam
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  Michael Rennie
  Hasani Sabah
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  Debra Paget
  Sharain
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  John Derek
  Prince Malik
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  Raymond Massey
  The Shah
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  Yma Sumac
  Karina
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  Margaret Hayes
  Queen Zarada
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  Joan Taylor
  Yaffa
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  Perry Lopez
  Prince Ahmud
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  Sebastian Cabot
  Nizam
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  Morris Ankrum
  Sharain's Father
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  Abraham Sofaer
  Tutush
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  Edward Platt
  Jayhan
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  James Griffith
  Buzorg
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  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