Arabian Nights

12/25/19421h 26m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Dashing Thieves of Baghdad...riding out of the magic and splendor of Arabian Nights ~

Overview:

Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.

Director:

John Rawlins

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$904,765.00

Revenue:

$3,453,416.00

Key words:

dancer
escape
poison
slavery
bagdad
technicolor
arabian nights

Cast

Jon Hall

~ as ~

Haroun-Al-Raschid

Maria Montez

~ as ~

Sherazade

Sabu

~ as ~

Ali Ben Ali

Leif Erickson

~ as ~

Kamar (as Leif Erikson)

Billy Gilbert

~ as ~

Ahmad

Edgar Barrier

~ as ~

Nadan

Richard Lane

~ as ~

Corporal

Turhan Bey

~ as ~

Captain of the Guard

John Qualen

~ as ~

Aladdin

Shemp Howard

~ as ~

Sinbad

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
The Caliph of Baghdad tries to flee the invading hordes with his young son - but at the point of escape is betrayed by his ambitious brother and killed. The boy (Sabu) however, manages to escape and ends up with a troupe of travelling performers including the beautiful "Sherazade" (Maria Montez) and sets about reclaiming what is rightfully his. It's a bit of a hybrid of many Arabian Nights style stories this one, Aladdin and Sinbad feature at various stages, but has lots of sword fights, plenty of lavish costumes and sets, and flows well enough towards a fairly predictable ending - even if Montez sounds much more masculine that almost anyone else in this film. Not much by way intelligent dialogue, but still enjoyable enough to share (?) a box of Turkish delight over...