MOVIE DIRECTORY MOVIE TRAILER HARUM SCARUM NEXT Lobby Card from the film Harum Scarum HARUM SCARUM LOCATION PREVIOUS Some of this film was based on Rudolph Valentino's "THE SHEIK" released in 1921. The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book "THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE MOVIE GUIDE" as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made. Elvis in the role of Johnny Tyronne. HARUM SCARUM BOX OFFICE PREVIOUS "HARUM SCARUM" was shot on the original Cecil B. DeMille set from the film "THE KING OF KINGS." Additional footage was shot on location at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, California. LOCATION MOVIE POSTER HARUM SCARUM CAST LOCATION The movie's release date was Wednesday, December 15, 1965. It grossed $1.5 mil in the United States. The film reached #11 on the Variety national weekly box office chart and finished #40 on the year-end list of the top-grossing films of 1965. BOX OFFICE The film was released in the United Kingdom as "HAREM HOLIDAY." CAST HARUM SCARUM BOX OFFICE PLOT NEXT Elvis Presley as Johnny Tyronne Fran Jeffries as Aishah Mary Ann Mobley as Princess Shalimar Michael Ansara as Prince Dragna Jay Novello as Zacha Theo Marcuse as Sinan Philip Reed as King Toranshah Jack Costanzo as Julna Billy Barty as Baba Jack Costanzo as Julna Dirk Harvey as Mokar Brenda Benet as Emerald Larry Chance as Captain Herat Barbara Werle as Leilah Gail Gilmore as Sapphire Vicki Malkin as Sari Wilda Taylor as Amethyst Ryck Rydon as Mustapha Joey Russo as Yussef HARUM SCARUM PLOT CAST SOUNDTRACK BACK TO MOVIE DIRECTORY MOVIE RENTAL OR PURCHASE American movie star Johnny Tyrone (played by Elvis Presley), travels through the Middle East on a goodwill tour to premiere his new picture, "SANDS OF THE DESERT." Johnny is kidnapped by a gang of assassins who enlists him in a sinister plot to kill King Toranshah (played by Philip Reed). Johnny refuses and escapes across the desert where he meets and falls in love with a slave girl, Shalimar (played by Mary Ann Mobley), who turns out to be King Toranshah's daughter. The "Harum Scarum" soundtrack, which came out in November 1965, is Elvis Presley's 11th soundtrack album that goes along with his movie of the same title.

Recorded in February 1965 at RCA Studio B in Nashville, this album has 11 tracks and lasts 24 minutes. Many people think it's one of the low points in Presley's career because it includes forgettable songs with a Middle Eastern vibe and doesn't have any singles to go with it. SOUNDTRACK PLOT BACK TO MOVING DIRECTORY