Abdulla the Great
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Abdulla the Great (also known as Abdullah's Harem) is a 1955 comedy film. It was directed and produced by Gregory Ratoff who also stars in the title role from a screenplay by Boris Ingster and George St. George, based on the novel My Kingdom for a Woman by Ismet Regeila. The music score was by Georges Auric and the cinematography by Lee Garmes.
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Directed by | Gregory Ratoff |
Written by | Boris Ingster George St. George |
Based on | My Kingdom for a Woman by Ismet Regeila |
Produced by | Gregory Ratoff |
Starring | Gregory Ratoff Kay Kendall Sydney Chaplin Alexander D'Arcy Marina Berti |
Cinematography | Lee Garmes Lambert Williamson |
Edited by | Maurice Rootes |
Music by | Georges Auric Lambert Williamson |
Production companies | Misr Universal Cairo Sphinx Films |
Distributed by | British Lion Films |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom Egypt |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.2 million[1] |
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The film stars Gregory Ratoff, Kay Kendall, Sydney Chaplin, Alexander D'Arcy and Marina Berti. Ratoff denied that the story was a thinly veiled parody of the life of King Farouk of Egypt and the events preceding his overthrow in 1952.[2]