---
title: 'The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Ford'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-adventures-of-marco-polo-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029842/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)

1938 · 105 min · Adventure, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Adventures of Marco Polo is a 1938 American historical adventure film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, and Basil Rathbone. It was one of the most elaborate and costly of Samuel Goldwyn's productions.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford), [Archie Mayo](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-mayo), [John Cromwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cromwell)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert E. Sherwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-e-sherwood)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hugo Friedhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-friedhofer)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Archie Stout](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-stout), [Rudolph Maté](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolph-mate)
- **Editor:** [Fred Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-allen)

## Cast

- [Stanley Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-fields) as Bayan
- [Binnie Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/binnie-barnes) as Nazama
- [Ernest Truex](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-truex) as Binguccio
- [Gary Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-cooper) as Marco Polo
- [Harry Cording](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cording) as Officer
- [Ferdinand Gottschalk](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-gottschalk) as Persian Ambassador
- [H. B. Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-b-warner) as Chen Tsu
- [Basil Rathbone](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-rathbone) as Ahmad Fanakati
- [Robert Greig](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-greig) as Chamberlain
- [Alan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hale) as Kaidu
- [Henry Kolker](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-kolker) as Niccolò and Maffeo Polo
- [Sigrid Gurie](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigrid-gurie) as Kököchin
- [Lana Turner](https://cinepixo.com/people/lana-turner) as Nazama's Maid
- [George Barbier](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barbier) as Kublai Khan
- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)

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