Harum Scarum is a 1965 musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

 which was shot on the original Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...

 set from the film The King of Kings. Some of the film was based on Rudolph Valentino

Rudolph Valentino

Rudolph Valentino was an Italian actor, and early pop icon. A sex symbol of the 1920s, Valentino was known as the "Latin Lover". He starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle and Son of the Sheik...

's The Sheik

The Sheik (film)

The Sheik is a 1921 silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, and Adolphe Menjou...

 released in 1921. The film reached #11 on the Variety national weekly box office chart, earned $2 million at the box office, and finished #40 on the year end list of the top-grossing films of 1965..

Primary cast

• Elvis Presley
  Elvis Presley
  Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
  
    : Johnny Tyronne
• Mary Ann Mobley
  Mary Ann Mobley
  Mary Ann Mobley is a former Miss America, actress, and television personality.-Career:After serving her reign as Miss America 1959, Mobley embarked on a career in both film and television...
  
    : Princess Shalimar
• Fran Jeffries
  Fran Jeffries
  Fran Jeffries is an American singer, actress, and model.-Career:She had a cameo in the 1963 film The Pink Panther, in which she sang a song called "Meglio Stasera " while she danced provocatively around a fireplace...
  
    : Aishah
• Michael Ansara
  Michael Ansara
  Michael Ansara is a Syrian-born American stage, screen, and voice actor best known for his portrayal of Cochise in the American television series Broken Arrow, Kane in the 1979-81 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and Commander Kang on three different Star Trek TV series.- Early life and...
  
    : Prince Dragna
• Jay Novello
  Jay Novello
  Jay Novello was an American radio, film, and television character actor.Born in Chicago as Michael Romano, of Italian descent, Novello began his career as a radio actor, playing Jack Packard on the Hollywood version of I Love a Mystery for a brief period, circa 1944...
  
    : Zacha
• Philip Reed  : King Toranshah
• Theo Marcuse
  Theo Marcuse
  Theo Marcuse was an American character actor who appeared frequently on TV in the 1950s and 1960s. His sinister, hulking countenance was enhanced by a shaven head that accentuated his elephantine ears.-Biography:...
  
   : Sinan
• Billy Barty
  Billy Barty
  Billy Barty was an American film actor.-Biography:Barty, an Italian American, was born William John Bertanzetti in Millsboro, Pennsylvania...
  
   : Baba
• Dirk Harvey : Mokar
• Jack Costanzo
  Jack Costanzo
  Jack Costanzo is an American percussionist.-Biography:A composer, conductor and drummer, Costanzo is best known as a bongo player, and is nicknamed "Mr. Bongo"...
  
   : Julna
• Larry Chance
  Larry Chance
  Larry Chance is an American musical artist, and the lead singer of the popular 1960s Doo Wop group Larry Chance and the Earls, originally known as The Earls....
  
   : Captain Herat
• Barbara Werle : Leilah
• Brenda Benét
  Brenda Benet
  Brenda Benet was an American television and film actress. Benet was best known for her roles on the soap operas The Young Marrieds and Days of our Lives.-Early life and career:...
  
   : Emerald
• Gail Gilmore
  Gail Gilmore
  Gail Gilmore was an American television actress, ballet dancer from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-Dancing career:In 1952, at the age of fifteen, Gail became a member of the Les Grandes Ballets Canadiennes. At the age of 26, she later posed in a tight-fitting sweater for Playboy Magazine, as one of...
  
   : Sapphire
• Wilda Taylor : Amethyst
• Vicki Malkin : Sari
• Ryck Rydon : Mustapha
• Joey Russo : Yussef

External links

• Interview with Mary Ann Mobley
• Comprehensive review by Chad Plambeck at 3-B Theater
• Review by J. Bannerman at Stomp Tokyo, 2003
• Review by Mark Zimmer at digitallyOBSESSED!, August 1, 2004
• Review by Dennis Prince at DVD Verdict, July 30, 2004