Marco (1973 film)

Marco is a 1973 American-Japanese^[1] historical musical adventure film directed by Seymour Robbie and starring Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Weston and Zero Mostel, which depicts the 13th century journey of Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo along the Silk Road and his meeting with Kublai Khan.^[2]

Marco
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Seymour Robbie
Written by	Romeo Muller
Produced by	Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr.
Starring	Desi Arnaz Jr. Jack Weston Zero Mostel
Cinematography	Rokurô Nishigaki
Music by	Maury Laws
Production companies	Tomorrow Entertainment Videocraft International
Distributed by	Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date	December 21, 1973 (1973-12-21)
Running time	109 minutes
Countries	United States Japan
Language	English

It has been described as unreleased in the United States.,^[1] released as a television movie,^[3] or as a theatrical release.

On December 9, 1972, Arnaz appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson to promote the film.^[4] His romantic partner Liza Minnelli had traveled to Tokyo with him during the filming.^[5]

Plot

Cast

• Desi Arnaz Jr. as Marco Polo
• Jack Weston as Maffio Polo
• Zero Mostel as Kublai Khan
• Cie Cie Win as Aigiarm
• Aimee Eccles as Kuklatoi
• Fred Sadoff as Niccolo Polo
• Mafumi Sakamoto as Letanpoing
• Tetsu Nakamura as Sea Captain
• Van Christie as Chontosai
• Osamu Okawa as Ling Su
• Masumi Okada as Ti Wai
• Romeo Muller as Pitai Brahmas
• Yuka Kamebuchi as Mme. Tung
• Ikio Sawamura as Lomar