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Siren of Bagdad

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6.9/10 • 5

1953-05-201h 17m

AdventureFantasyComedy

Very, Very Gay! When the Sultan's Away, and the Royal Magician Starts to Play...in the Harem!

Director Richard Quine's 1953 adventure comedy about a magician's efforts to rescue a dancing princess stars Patricia Medina, Paul Henreid, Hans Conried, Laurette Luez and Michael Fox.

Directors
Richard Quine
Writters
Robert E. Kent

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  1. Paul Henreid

    Paul Henreid

    Kazah the Great

  2. Patricia Medina

    Patricia Medina

    Princess Zendi

  3. Hans Conried

    Hans Conried

    Ben Ali

  4. Laurette Luez

    Laurette Luez

    Orena

  5. Anne Dore

    Anne Dore

    Leda

  6. George Keymas

    George Keymas

    Soradin

  7. Michael Fox

    Michael Fox

    Telar

  8. Karl 'Killer' Davis

    Karl 'Killer' Davis

    Morab

  9. Carl Milletaire

    Carl Milletaire

    Hamid

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CinemaSerf

Jul 14, 2025

7/10

“I realise they have’t been invented yet, but do you have a match?”. Ha! The spirit of Phil Silvers and Bob Hope are alive and well in this surprisingly decent little Arabian adventure. No, it’s not especially original but it’s tongue is firmly in it’s cheek, the production is really quite decent and there are plenty of adventurous antics to pass an hour and a half easily. Things all kick off when travelling magician “Kazah” (Paul Henreid) is violently relieved of his dancing girls and so has to travel to Bagdad with his factotum “Ben Ali” (Hans Conreid) to fetch them back from the clutches of the grand vizier “Soradin” (George Keymas) who successfully pulls the chains of the Sultan and rules with a rod of iron. It isn’t long before our reluctant hero discovers that that the real sultan was deposed and lives in the cellars of the city with his feisty daughter “Zendi” (Patricia Medina) so they have to gang up on the malevolent usurper and it will hopefully all end happily ever after. Add to the mix some rabbits from hats; a very deep-voiced belly dancer and you might even get your name up in candles! This is quite an entertaining feature that I did enjoy.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
magicsultan