The Golden Blade

8/12/19531h 21m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ His Blade Of Gold... A Legend In Battle! Her Kiss Of Surrender... The Prize Of Victory! ~

Overview:

Basra merchant Harun Al-Rashid avenges his father's murder in this adventure set in ancient Bagdad and inspired from the Arabic fairy tales of One Thousand and One Nights.

Director:

Nathan Juran

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

sword
campy
technicolor

Cast

Rock Hudson

~ as ~

Harun

Piper Laurie

~ as ~

Khairuzan

Gene Evans

~ as ~

Captain Hadi

George Macready

~ as ~

Jafar

Kathleen Hughes

~ as ~

Bakhamra

Steven Geray

~ as ~

Barcus

Edgar Barrier

~ as ~

Caliph

Alice Kelley

~ as ~

Handmaiden

Guy Williams

~ as ~

Town Crier (uncredited)

Dorinda Clifton

~ as ~

Dancer (uncredited)

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
This is a tale that comes straight from the "Arabian Nights" compendium. The son "Harum" (Rock Hudson) out to avenge his father murdered at the hands of the evil "Jafar" (George Macready). He must travel to Baghdad where he encounters a feisty young woman "Khairuzan" (Piper Laurie) who is secretly the daughter of the city's caliph - a man also in danger from the menacing ambitions of "Jafar". Luckily, she has a magical golden sword that she gives him to wield. He is invincible! Well he is until someone hits on the idea of swapping his sword for a less effective fake - and soon "Harum" is in a dungeon! Can he escape and save the Caliph and get the girl? Rock Hudson never really cut it for me. Easy enough on the eye, but his characterisations rarely differed from role to role and here he just doesn't really gel with the more charismatic Laurie at all. Plaudits do go to Macready, though - he hams up perfectly as the silken-clad, megalomanic, tyrant. There's plenty of lavish costumes, colour, sword-fighting and at times it's actually quite an entertaining adventure that I did quite enjoy.