The Adventures of Marco Polo

The Adventures of Marco Polo (1956)


  • Genre: TV Movie, Music, Romance, Adventure
  • Release Date: 1956-04-14
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: NBC
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Max Liebman

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Summary

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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  • Alfred Drake

    as Marco Polo
  • Doretta Morrow

    as Beggar Girl
  • Arnold Moss

    as Nicolo
  • Paul Ukena

    as Kublai Khan
  • Jerome Kilty

    as Baron's Son
  • Ross Martin

    as Baron
  • Beatrice Kraft

    as Dancer
  • Bhasker

    as Whirling Dervish
Directing Max Liebman Director
Sound Clay Warnick Songs
Sound Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Original Music Composer
Sound Charles Sanford Conductor
Sound Irwin Kostal Orchestrator
Writing Will Glickman Writer
Sound Mel Pahl Songs
Writing Edward Eager Lyricist
Production Max Liebman Producer
Writing Billy Friedberg Writer
Writing Neil Simon Writer