Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets out to avenge his father’s murder, reclaim the royal throne, and rescue his beloved Amara from the iron fist of his treacherous enemy.
Maria Montez
Amara
Jon Hall
Ali Baba
Turhan Bey
Jamiel
Andy Devine
Abdullah
Kurt Katch
Hulagu Khan
Frank Puglia
Prince Cassim
Fortunio Bonanova
Old Baba
Moroni Olsen
Caliph Hassan
Ramsay Ames
Nalu
Chris-Pin Martin
Fat Thief
Scotty Beckett
Young Ali Baba
Yvette Duguay
Young Amara
Noel Cravat
Mongol Captain
Jimmy Conlin
Little Thief
Harry Cording
Mahmoud
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Arab Giant (uncredited)
Director
Arthur Lubin
Screenplay
Edmund L. Hartmann
June 30, 2022
6
This bright and colourful cannibalisation of several "Arabian Nights" style stories sees Jon Hall play the prince robbed of his birthright by the evil Mongol Khan and his uncle "Prince Cassim", who has fallen in with the 40 Thieves since childhood and is bent on avenging this treachery. Maria Montez provides the glamour (and an accent you could cut with a knife) as the feisty, independently-minded Princess as we embark on some fun adventures. Andy Devine is dreadful as "Abdullah" but Kurt Katch hams up nicely and entertainingly as "The Khan". The film looks great and some of the swashbuckling sword fights well staged, but the acting is wooden, the script more so and the score intrusive (almost as if it were written for a silent film). It's a decent filler performance, but not amongst the best of the genre.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00