Marco Polo
Cast & Crew
Hugo Fregonese
Rory Calhoun
Yoko Tani
Robert Hundar
Camillo Pilotto
Pierre Cressoy
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
En route to China in the 13th century, Marco Polo, a Venetian, saves the life of Ciu-Lin, a young Chinese who then becomes his devoted servant. Marco later rescues Princess Amuroy, daughter of the Great Khan, from bandits. Marco eventually learns that the bandits are followers of the Khan's nephew Cuday, who is in opposition to the tyrannical rule of the governing minister, Mongka. Once in Peking, Marco lands in jail but is freed by the Khan. He then meets the princess again and carries on a carefree flirtation with her. This so enrages the evil Mongka, who plans to marry Amuroy and take over the kingdom, that he arranges to have Marco killed, but Marco escapes and joins forces with Cuday. Upon meeting an old hermit who has invented gunpowder, Marco builds a special cannon which he and the rebels take to the walls of the city. Mongka and his troops are destroyed, and Peking is saved. Marco then reluctantly declines the princess' offer of marriage and continues on his journey.
Cast
Rory Calhoun
Yoko Tani
Robert Hundar
Camillo Pilotto
Pierre Cressoy
Michael Chow
Thien-huong
Poing Ping
Crew
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Les Baxter
Oreste Biancoli
Oreste Biancoli
Luigi Carpentieri
Aurelio Crugnola
Ennio De Concini
Eliana De Sabata
Raffaele Del Monte
Ermanno Donati
Piero Donati
Franco Fumagalli
Mario Giorsi
Angelo Lavagnino
Ornella Micheli
Gianni Minervini
James H. Nicholson
Lucio Orlandini
Riccardo Pallottini
Antoinette Pellevant
Piero Pierotti
Piero Pierotti
Leopoldo Rosi
Lou Rusoff
Duccio Tessari
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Trivia
Notes
Opened in Rome in August 1962; running time: ca100 min; in Paris in May 1963; running time: 106 min. Alternative Italian title: L'avventura di un Italiano in Cina. Sources conflict in crediting art director. Robert Hundar is a pseudonym for Claudio Undari.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1961
Scope
Released in United States 1961
