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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.
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"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.
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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.
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The film was released in the United Kingdom as "HAREM HOLIDAY."
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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
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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
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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.