The Adventures of Marco Polo

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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90 min

Cast

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

Director

Max Liebman