Shalimar, an Egyptian princess, striving to rid her country of its Bedouin conquerors, forms an alliance with Prince Haidi, son of the Caliph of Bagdad. She practices her intrigues both at the court and, disguised as a dancing girl, in the market place.

Debra Paget
as Princess Shalimar / Taura the dancer

Jeffrey Hunter
as Prince Haidi

Michael Rennie
as Rama Khan

Dona Drake
as Mirva

Michael Ansara
as Capt. Kral

Edgar Barrier
as Shaman

Wally Cassell
as Goghi

Jack Elam
as Basra

Lisa Daniels
as Handmaiden

Phyllis Winger
as Handmaiden
Wuchak
**_Colorful fictionalized portrayal of Egypt in 1249 AD_** Debra Paget plays an Egyptian princess who masquerades as a dancer and has an entertaining dance sequence that prefigures the two she would do five years later in Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic duology. The latter consists of “The Tiger of Esch...