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It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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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Key crew
- Max LiebmanDirector
- Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovOriginal Music Composer
- Will GlickmanWriter
- Billy FriedbergWriter
- Neil SimonWriter
Cast
- Alfred DrakeMarco Polo
- Doretta MorrowBeggar Girl
- Arnold MossNicolo
- Paul UkenaKublai Khan
- Jerome KiltyBaron's Son
- Ross MartinBaron
- Beatrice KraftDancer
- BhaskerWhirling Dervish
Stills
Themes
live broadcast