Flame of Araby

12/18/19511h 18m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Warrior sheik and desert beauty in a tale of fiery love and high adventure ! ~

Overview:

An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to oppose the Corsair Lords.

Director:

Charles Lamont

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

horse
camp
desert
arab

Cast

Maureen O'Hara

~ as ~

Princess Tanya

Jeff Chandler

~ as ~

Tamerlane

Maxwell Reed

~ as ~

Prince Medina

Dewey Martin

~ as ~

Yak

Susan Cabot

~ as ~

Clio

Lon Chaney Jr.

~ as ~

Borka Barbarossa

Judith Braun

~ as ~

Calu

Buddy Baer

~ as ~

Hakim Barbarossa

Richard Egan

~ as ~

Captain Fezil

Royal Dano

~ as ~

Basra

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
Without leaving California, Maureen O'Hara and Jeff Chandler are transformed into characters from Arabian folklore, and like their faux-location they are not very authentic! She is "Tanya" - a feisty Tunisian princess who is doomed to marry one of the marauding Corsair pirates. Fortunately for her, though, the ever-wooden Chandler ("Tamerlane") is on hand. He is seeking "Shazada" - a stallion of great fame, and it may be that he and this great horse might be the only way of thwarting the dismal fate awaiting the trapped princess. The plot is actually quite fun, but the execution is really poor. There is no chemistry at all between the stars, the sets look like they have been made of polystyrene and the dialogue is about as banal as it is possible to be. This vein of fantasy and mythology ought to have provided for a much richer storyline, but somehow here everyone seems to be just going through the motions and what little action there is, is all too theatrically staged. Maybe nobody liked filming in the desert on a hot day? The advertising was in colour, the film in monochrome - that rather sums this whole thing up.