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"For gold ! For glory ! For wild pagan lips !"
Antar is sent by Suleiman, head of the Ottoman Empire, to Bagdad to prevent Hammam, Pasha of Bagdad, from purchasing the services of local leader Mustapha to unite the hill tribes and overthrow the emperor. The intrigue mounts as Antar falls in love with dancer Selima, who tries to avenge her father's death against Hammam's right-hand-man Kasseim, whose wife Rosanna has fallen in love with Antar!
19 Cast Members
Victor Mature
Antar
Mari Blanchard
Selima
Virginia Field
Rosanna
Guy Rolfe
Kasseim
James Arness
Targut
Gregg Palmer
Osman
Nick Cravat
Ahmed
Ludwig Donath
Kaffar
Jackie Loughery
Handmaiden
Leon Askin
Pasha Hammam
Howard Petrie
Karsh
Charles Arnt
Zapolya
Glenn Strange
Mik-Kel
Thomas Browne Henry
Mustapha the Wild
Sammy Stein
Abdallah
David Sharpe
Ben Ali
Robert Blake
Beggar boy
Ben Welden
Stout Wrestler (uncredited)
Stuart Whitman
Sergeant (uncredited)
