Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.
Cast
Cornel Wilde
Omar Khayyam
Michael Rennie
Hasani Sabah
Debra Paget
Sharain
John Derek
Prince Malik
Raymond Massey
The Shah
Yma Sumac
Karina
Margaret Hayes
Queen Zarada
Joan Taylor
Yaffa
Perry Lopez
Prince Ahmud
Sebastian Cabot
Nizam
Morris Ankrum
Sharain's Father
Abraham Sofaer
Tutush
Edward Platt
Jayhan
James Griffith
Buzorg
John Abbott
Yusuf
Dick Elliott
Tavern Keeper
Douglas Spencer
Pigeon Keeper
Peter Adams
Master Herald
Henry Brandon
Commander
Kem Dibbs
Tutush's Guard
Paul Picerni
Commander
Robert Tafur
Nobleman (uncredited)
Crew
William Dieterle
Director
Barré Lyndon
Writer
Everett Douglas
Editor
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
Frank Freeman Jr.
Producer
Bert McKay
Casting
Ralph Jester
Costume Design
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Grace Gregory
Set Decoration
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
J. McMillan Johnson
Art Direction
