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Abdulla the Great (Original title)My Kingdom for a Woman (Working title)Abdullah's Harem (Alternative title)
Date: 1954 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, Egypt

Director: Gregory Ratoff

Synopsis: Story of a degenerate monarch of an imaginary country.

Genre:
Comedy

Subject:
Harems
Releases
Date: 1954not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9327 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (19)
Production Company: Misr International Films, Production Company: Sphinx Film, Producer: Gregory Ratoff, Screenplay: George St. George, Screenplay: Boris Ingster, Original story: Ismet Regeila, Director of Photography: Lee Garmes, 2nd Unit Photographer: Stanley Sayers, Editor: Maurice Rootes, Art Director: Walli-El-Din Sameh, Art Director: Elliot Scott, costume: Jean Dessès, costume: Jacques Fath, Maggie Rouff, Music: Georges Auric, Sound: John Digby Jones, [Sound Re-recording]: Peter T. Davies, [Dialogue Coach]: Harriet White
Cast (7)
Gregory Ratoff (Abdulla), Kay Kendall (Ronnie), Marina Berti (Aziza), Sydney Chaplin (Captain Ahmed Farid), Alexander D'arcy (Marco), Marti Stevens (Singer), Mary Costes (The Countess)