Marco (1973)

Marco Polo, the well known adventurer and merchant's son from Venice in Italy, travels all through asia to find the great Khan. Once there he posesses his protection to merchandise between ... See full summary »

Director:

Seymour Robbie

Writer:

Romeo Muller

Stars:

Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Weston, Zero Mostel

Cast

Cast overview:
Desi Arnaz Jr.	...	Marco Polo
Jack Weston	...	Maffio Polo
Zero Mostel	...	Kublai Khan
Cie Cie Win	...	Aigiarm
Aimee Eccles	...	Kuklatoi
Fred Sadoff	...	Niccolo Polo
Mafumi Sakamoto	...	Letanpoing
Tetsu Nakamura	...	Sea Captain
Van Christie	...	Chontosai
Osamu Okawa	...	Ling Su (as Osamu Ohkawa)
Masumi Okada	...	Ti Wai
Romeo Muller	...	Pitai Brahmas
Yuka Kamebuchi	...	Mme. Tung
Ikio Sawamura	...	Lomar

Storyline

Marco Polo, the well known adventurer and merchant's son from Venice in Italy, travels all through asia to find the great Khan. Once there he posesses his protection to merchandise between China and Europe but he prefers to seek out for more adventures.

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Plot Keywords:

marco polo | italy | europe | china | asia | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Musical

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

December 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

Marco Polo

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tomorrow Entertainment

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

User Reviews

Mr. Arnaz's one stab at stardom

I saw this movie on TV many years ago and haven't seen or heard of it since. My vague memory is of it looking very cheap and international, like the Elizabeth Taylor version of "The Bluebird." The cast all seemed to have been post-dubbed (badly) and the sets looked very small and claustrophobic.

Desi Arnaz, Jr. made for a very weak lead and I can't recall a single song he sang. I do remember that he is somehow saddled with a princess who turns out to be a real self-reliant warrior and feminist and that I liked her character a lot. The one song I still remember is one butch number called "By Damn!" which she sings while essentially doing a striptease out of her warrior armor.

The film comes to life when Zero Mostel is on screen, causing poor charisma-free Arnaz to just fade into the scenery. It's easy to see why he never took off as a screen actor.

Somewhere mixed in the plot is the hunt for whales to get ambergris to put into perfume.