| Harum Scarum | |
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| Directed by | Gene Nelson |
| Written by | Gerald Drayson Adams |
| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Fred Jackman Jr. |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
| Music by | Fred Karger |
Production company | Four-Leaf Productions |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,400,000[1] |
| Box office | $3,100,000 (rentals)[2] |
Harum Scarum (released in the United Kingdom as Harem Holiday) is a 1965 American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley. It was shot on the original Cecil B. DeMille set from the film The King of Kings, with additional footage shot on location at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Los Angeles. Some of the film was based on Rudolph Valentino's 1921 movie The Sheik.[3]
The film reached #11 on the Variety national weekly box office chart, earned $2 million at the box office, and finished #40 on the year end list of the top-grossing films of 1965. 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.[4]
- ^ Harum Scarum, Box Office Information. IMDb. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
- ^ This figure consists of anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. See "Top Grossers of 1965", Variety, 5 January 1966 p 36
- ^ Leider, Emily W., Dark Lover: The life and death of Rudolph Valentino, p. 152-153
- ^ Wilson, John (2005). The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-69334-0.