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Marco Polo (1962)

| Adventure | August 1962 (USA)
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Italian explorer rescues the daughter of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, meets a hermit who has invented gunpowder and builds a cannon.

Directors:

Piero Pierotti, Hugo Fregonese

Writers:

Oreste Biancoli, Ennio De Concini | 4 more credits »

Stars:

Rory Calhoun, Yôko Tani, Camillo Pilotto | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Rory Calhoun ... Marco Polo
Yôko Tani ... Princess Amurroy
Camillo Pilotto Camillo Pilotto ... Grand Khan
Pierre Cressoy Pierre Cressoy ... Cuday
Michael Chow ... Ciu-Lin
Tiny Yong Tiny Yong ... Tai-Au (as Thien-Huong)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Franco Ammirata Franco Ammirata
Tonino Cianci Tonino Cianci
Paola Falchi Paola Falchi
Thea Fleming Thea Fleming ... Harem girl
Angelo Galassi Angelo Galassi
Anna Maestri Anna Maestri
Spartaco Nale Spartaco Nale
Ching Jen Pai Ching Jen Pai
Roberto Paoletti Roberto Paoletti
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Italian explorer rescues the daughter of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, meets a hermit who has invented gunpowder and builds a cannon.

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Plot Keywords:

mongol | kublai khan | hermit | gunpowder | explorer | See All (34) »

Taglines:

Mightiest adventurer of them all! See more »

Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

August 1962 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Eventyreren Marco Polo See more »

Filming Locations:

Piazza San Marco, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alta Vista,Filmorsa,Panda Film See more »
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Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

With the massive exterior sets, lavish interior sets and a multitude of Asian extras left over from this production, Panda had writers Oreste Biancoli and Duccio Tessari fashion a sword-and-sandal/mythological muscleman epic, Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World (1961), placing hero Maciste in a Chinese setting. Genre specialist Riccardo Freda was brought in to direct, Gordon Scott was cast as Maciste (renamed "Samson" for the U.S. version) and Yôko Tani was kept on as the female lead. It became regarded as one of the better films of that genre. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Totò d'Arabia (1965) See more »

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Marco Polo as pure fiction.
7 August 2004 | by dbdumonteil – See all my reviews

It's Marco Polo.It could well be Tarzan,Robin Hood,Zorro or James West.That is to say how much the plot is poor.This Italian /French production casts old Hollywood veteran Calhoun("river of no return") as the hero who leaves his native Venice for the broader horizons of Asia .A childish plot pits Marco against a villain who wants to dethrone the emperor of China and marry his daughter (who's in love with...well ,check the title).This infamous character has invented a torture Amnesty International would not allow:some kind of blade which gets closer to the face at every breath you take and it's the princess's turn!

In the sixties ,another "Marco Polo " was made (aka "Marco Polo the magnificent") circa 1965 directed by Noel Howard which was as fanciful as Fregonese's ,but was at least entertaining and featured a topflight cast who was probably in it for the money:Orson Welles,Akim Tamiroff,Robert Hossein,Horst Buchholz,Elsa Martinelli,etc.
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