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Oscar-nominated comedy stars Academy Award-winner Cary Grant ("The Awful Truth," "Suspicion," "North by Northwest") as an executive who leaves his overly-ambitious wife to marry the exotic daughter of a sheik who is trained in the art of pleasing a man. Unexpected drawbacks make Grant second-guess his choice. Co-starring Academy Award-winner Debora Kerr ("From Here to Eternity," "King Solomon's Mines"), Oscar-nominee Walter Pidgeon ("Mrs. Miniver," "Forbidden Planet") and Steve Forrest (TV's "S.W.A.T." and "Dallas").
Original Release
05/29/1953
US Release
06/19/1953
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Cary Grant | Clemson Reade |
Deborah Kerr | Effie / Priscilla 'Effie' Effington |
Walter Pidgeon | Walter McBride |
Betta St. John | Tarji |
Eduard Franz | Khan of Bukistan / Khan |
Buddy Baer | Vizier |
Les Tremayne | Ken Landwell |
Donald Randolph | Ali |
Bruce Bennett | Charlie Elkwood |
Richard Anderson | Henry Malvine |
Directors
Writers
Sidney Sheldon, Herbert Baker, Alfred Lewis Levitt
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cary Grant | Clemson Reade |
Deborah Kerr | Effie / Priscilla 'Effie' Effington |
Walter Pidgeon | Walter McBride |
Betta St. John | Tarji |
Eduard Franz | Khan of Bukistan / Khan |
Buddy Baer | Vizier |
Les Tremayne | Ken Landwell |
Donald Randolph | Ali |
Bruce Bennett | Charlie Elkwood |
Richard Anderson | Henry Malvine |
Dan Tobin | Mr. Brown |
Movita | Rima |
Gloria Holden | Mrs. Jean Landwell |
June Clayworth | Mrs. May Elkwood |
Dean Miller | George |
Steve Forrest | Louis |
Jonathan Cott | Marine |
Patricia Tiernan | Pat |
John Alvin | Reporter |
Rama Bai | Party Guest |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sidney Sheldon | Producer |
Dore Schary | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1954 | Oscar | Best Costume Design, Black-and-White | Nominated |