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Harum Scarum (1965) was a Comedy - Crime Film directed by Gene Nelson and produced by Sam Katzman.

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Musical Monday: Harum Scarum (1965)

on Apr 19, 2021 From Comet Over Hollywood

It?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Harum Scarum (1965) ? Musica... Read full article


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King Toranshah: In over 1000 years, no leader of the Utssuosis has ever violated a promise.
Johnny Tyronne: Well it's nice to know you're doing business with such a reputable firm.


Zacha: Meet my most valuable client, Johnny Tyronne. He is an American, which means nothing, but he is filthy rich, which means everything.


Johnny Tyronne: [after learning that the King will not execute his brother] Be a nice King and don't exile him to the U.S.A.


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Costumes were from Kismet and Elvis Presley's knife was from Lady of the Tropics.
"Colonel" Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager, was so disappointed with the cheesy script that at one point he suggested that a talking camel be written into the movie to let the audience think it was meant as a comedy.
Elvis Presley believed that this film would be more dramatic than his usual films, so he was very disappointed with the script.
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