Marco (1973 film)

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Marco
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Seymour Robbie
Written by Romeo Muller
Produced by Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr.
Kikumaru Okuda
Starring Desi Arnaz Jr.
Jack Weston
Zero Mostel
Cinematography Rokurô Nishigaki
Music by Maury Laws
Production
companies
Tomorrow Entertainment
Videocraft International
Toho
Distributed by Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • December 21, 1973 (1973-12-21)
Running time
109 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Japan
LanguageEnglish

Marco is a 1973 American-Japanese [1] historical musical adventure film directed by Seymour Robbie and starring Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Weston and Zero Mostel, which depicts the 13th century journey of Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo along the Silk Road and his meeting with Kublai Khan. [2]

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It has been described as unreleased in the United States., [1] released as a television movie, [3] or as a theatrical release.

On December 9, 1972, Arnaz appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson to promote the film. [4] His romantic partner Liza Minnelli had traveled to Tokyo with him during the filming. [5]

Plot

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 "The big new NBC television miniseries, "Marco Polo," that".
  2. ↑ Roberts p.481
  3. ↑ "The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) - Notes - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, the {Desi Arnaz, Jr.; David Clayton-Thomas; Jaye P. Morgan; Dr. Irwin M. Stillman} (Tv)".
  5. ↑ "Two "houses" of Hollywood Royalty: Judy & Lucy's Kids Got Serious". April 29, 2019.

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