HE Came, HE Saw, HE Conquered
The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China.
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) is a romance and adventure film directed by Archie Mayo, released on April 7, 1938 with a runtime of 1h 44m. It stars Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone and George Barbier. Viewers rate it 6.2 out of 10 across 19 ratings.
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Gary Cooper
as Marco Polo
Sigrid Gurie
as Princess Kukachin
Basil Rathbone
as Ahmed
George Barbier
as Kublai Khan
Binnie Barnes
as Nazama
Ernest Truex
as Binguccio
Alan Hale
as Kaidu
H.B. Warner
as Chen Tsu
Robert Greig
as Chamberlain
Ferdinand Gottschalk
as Persian Ambassador
Henry Kolker
as Nicolo Polo
Lotus Liu
as Visakha
Directed by Archie Mayo, written by N.A. Pogson and Robert E. Sherwood, produced by Samuel Goldwyn.
Average viewer score of 6.2/10 from 19 ratings.
There's a hole in this particular Polo! The Adventures of Marco Polo is directed by Archie Mayo and John Cromwell and written by Robert E. Sherwood and N.A. Pogson. It stars Gary Cooper, Alan Hale, Binnie Barnes, Basil Rathbone,Sigrid Gurie, George Barbier and Ernest Truex. Music is by Hugo Friedhofer and cinematography by Rudolph Maté and Archie Stout. Adventurer Marco Polo (Cooper) travels to China, where he…
Reviewed on March 27, 2019
This is my kind of topic - an adventure film set at the Mongol Court with loads of intrigue, machinations and sword fights. Sadly, though, this is really not much good at any of that. Gary Cooper is really poorly cast in the title role and Basil Rathbone - probably as good a baddie as you will see on the silver screen, isn't up to much either as the scheming "Ahmed" - the chief advisor to the legendary Kublai Khan…
Reviewed on June 20, 2022
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The main cast of The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) includes Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier and Binnie Barnes. The film was directed by Archie Mayo. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
The Adventures of Marco Polo was released on April 7, 1938 and runs for 1h 44m.
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) holds an average rating of 6.2 out of 10 from 19 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy romance and adventure films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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