Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.

Cast for Omar Khayyam...

Cornel Wilde
Omar Khayyam
Michael Rennie
Hasani Sabah
John Derek
Prince Malik
Yma Sumac
Karina
Margaret Hayes
Queen Zarada
Perry Lopez
Prince Ahmud
Morris Ankrum
Sharain's Father
Dick Elliott
Tavern Keeper
Douglas Spencer
Pigeon Keeper
Peter Adams
Master Herald
Henry Brandon
Commander
Kem Dibbs
Tutush's Guard
Paul Picerni
Commander
Robert Tafur
Nobleman (uncredited)