Marco (film)
Marco | |
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Directed by | Seymour Robbie |
Written by | Romeo Muller |
Produced by | Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. |
Starring | Desi Arnaz Jr. Jack Weston Zero Mostel |
Cinematography | |
Music by | Maury Laws |
Production companies | Tomorrow Entertainment Videocraft International |
Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Countries | United States Japan |
Language | English |
Marco is a 1973 American-Japanese[1] historical musical adventure film directed by Seymour Robbie and starring Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Weston and Zero Mostel, which depicts the 13th century journey of Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo along the Silk Road and his meeting with Kublai Khan.[2]
It has been described as unreleased in the United States.,[1] released as a television movie,[3] or as a theatrical release.
On December 9, 1972, Arnaz appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson to promote the film.[4] His romantic partner Liza Minnelli had traveled to Tokyo with him during the filming.[5]
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- Desi Arnaz Jr. as Marco Polo
- Jack Weston as Maffio Polo
- Zero Mostel as Kublai Khan
- as Aigiarm
- as Kuklatoi
- Fred Sadoff as Niccolo Polo
- as Letanpoing
- Tetsu Nakamura as Sea Captain
- Van Christie as Chontosai
- as Ling Su
- Masumi Okada as Ti Wai
- Romeo Muller as Pitai Brahmas
- as Mme. Tung
- as Lomar
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The big new NBC television miniseries, 'Marco Polo,' that".
- ^ Roberts p.481
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20190513183730/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66813/The-Adventures-of-Marco-Polo/notes.html
- ^ "Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, the {Desi Arnaz, Jr.; David Clayton-Thomas; Jaye P. Morgan; Dr. Irwin M. Stillman} (Tv)".
- ^ "Two "houses" of Hollywood Royalty: Judy & Lucy's Kids Got Serious". 29 April 2019.
Bibliography[]
- Jerry Roberts. Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1973 films
- English-language films
- 1970s historical adventure films
- American films
- Japanese films
- Japanese adventure films
- American historical adventure films
- Films directed by Seymour Robbie
- Cinerama Releasing Corporation films
- 1970s musical films
- American musical films
- Japanese historical films
- Films set in the 13th century
- Japanese musical films
- Films with screenplays by Romeo Muller
- Adventure film stubs