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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Gary Cooper | ... | Marco Polo | |
| Sigrid Gurie | ... | Princess Kukachin | |
| Basil Rathbone | ... | Ahmed | |
| George Barbier | ... | Kublai Khan | |
| Binnie Barnes | ... | Nazama | |
| Ernest Truex | ... | Binguccio | |
| Alan Hale | ... | Kaidu | |
| H.B. Warner | ... | Chen Tsu | |
| Robert Greig | ... | Chamberlain (as Robert Grieg) | |
| Ferdinand Gottschalk | ... | Persian Ambassador | |
| Henry Kolker | ... | Nicolo Polo | |
| Lotus Liu | ... | Visakha | |
| Stanley Fields | ... | Bayan | |
| Harold Huber | ... | Toctai | |
| Lana Turner | ... | Maid | |
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Storyline
Marco Polo travels from Venice to Peking, where he quickly discovers spaghetti and gunpowder and falls in love with the Emperor's daughter. The Emperor Kublai Khan is a kindly fellow, but his evil aide Ahmed wants to get rid of Kublai Khan so he can be emperor, and to get rid of Marco Polo so he can marry the princess. Ahmed sends Marco Polo to the West to fight barbarians, but he returns just in time to save the day. Written by John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
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damsel in distress | royalty | fictional history | conquest | conquer |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 April 1938 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Runtime:
(copyright length)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Color:
Black and White (Sepiatone)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Marco Polo: No. What is it? Snakes?
Chen Tsu: No! No, it has been eaten by the poor people in China for generations. We call it 'spah- get'.
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He was also the first traveling salesman. . . . . . . See more »
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The film did poorly at the box-office, becoming the biggest flop up to that time for both Gary Cooper and Samuel Goldwyn; it was estimated that it lost close to $700,000. See more »Goofs
When Marco crosses a bridge, his party is attacked and his horse is driven over a cliff. A safety wire is clearly visible on the rider. See more »Quotes
Chen Tsu: You have never seen food like this before?Marco Polo: No. What is it? Snakes?
Chen Tsu: No! No, it has been eaten by the poor people in China for generations. We call it 'spah- get'.
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Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: FOREWORD: Marco Polo lived in Venice seven hundred years ago. He was the first European to visit China and write the story of his adventures in that land of magic and mystery.He was also the first traveling salesman. . . . . . . See more »
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I don't have much to say about the film; it's another pretty, but merely adequate Hollywood hoo-hoo. But - although the film (of course) plays loose with historical fact - it must be remembered that Marco Polo did it as well, and there is almost no actual record to compare anyone's version of the story against: Polo (like Cellini) was a notorious liar-in-print. It is now assumed that his record of his journey is quite spurious, and written to enhance the glory of his accomplishment. As there is no other extensive record of the journey, there can be precious little "truth" or "fiction" to be be determined about any Marco Polo narrative. Like Cellini, he has "pre-dramatized" his own story.