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Abdullah's Harem is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Gregory Ratoff released in USA on 13 june 1956 with Kay Kendall

Abdullah's Harem (1955)

Abdullah's Harem
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Released in USA 13 june 1956
Length 1h43
Directed by
Genres Comedy
Rating49% 2.45892.45892.45892.45892.4589

Abdulla the Great, also known as Abdullah's Harem is a 1955 comedy film made by Misr Universal Cairo and Sphinx Films and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. It was directed and produced by Gregory Ratoff, from a screenplay by Boris Ingster and George St. George, based on the novel My Kingdom for a Woman by Ismet Regeila. The music score was by Georges Auric and the cinematography by Lee Garmes.

The film stars Gregory Ratoff, Kay Kendall, Sydney Chaplin, Alexander D'Arcy and Marina Berti.

The story is a thinly veiled parody of the life of King Farouk of Egypt and the events preceding his overthrow in 1952.

Synopsis

The film is set in a Middle Eastern country whose absolute ruler, Abdullah (Gregory Ratoff), lives a life of great luxury, surrounded by lovely women. When Ronnie, a beautiful English model (Kay Kendall), arrives, Abdullah falls for her and offers her great riches. She resists his advances as she is more interested in Ahmed (Sydney Chaplin), an officer in the King's army. While this is going on, Abdullah is unaware of the growing discontent among his subjects which threatens to overthrow him.

Actors

Kay Kendall

(Ronnie)Sydney Chaplin

(Ahmed)Gregory Ratoff

(Abdulla)Alexander D'Arcy

(Marco)Marina Berti

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