Cast
Alfred Drake
Marco Polo
Doretta Morrow
Beggar Girl
Arnold Moss
Nicolo
P
Paul Ukena
Kublai Khan
J
Jerome Kilty
Baron's Son
Ross Martin
Baron
B
Beatrice Kraft
Dancer
B
Bhasker
Whirling Dervish
MovieTV MovieMusicRomance
The Adventures of Marco Polo
19561h 30mDirected by Max Liebman
Venetian merchant Marco Polo travels to the East and the court of Kublai Khan who makes him an emissary and sends him on diplomatic missions throughout his empire. Over many years, Polo learns new cultures and languages, but he is haunted by the face of a mysterious woman whom he had met before leaving Venice and encounters her face in every woman he sees. Eventually returning to Venice to share his exotic and esoteric knowledge, Marco Polo once again finds the woman of his dreams. The Adventures of Marco Polo was an original, live television musical which was broadcast on NBC on April 14, 1956.
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