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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

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6.1/10 • 36

1944-01-141h 27m

ActionAdventureFantasyRomance

Wild nights of sheer delights! Burning days of bold adventure!

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.

Directors
Arthur Lubin
Editors
Russell F. Schoengarth

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  1. Maria Montez

    Maria Montez

    Amara

  2. Jon Hall

    Jon Hall

    Ali Baba

  3. Turhan Bey

    Turhan Bey

    Jamiel

  4. Andy Devine

    Andy Devine

    Abdullah

  5. Kurt Katch

    Kurt Katch

    Hulagu Khan

  6. Frank Puglia

    Frank Puglia

    Prince Cassim

  7. Fortunio Bonanova

    Fortunio Bonanova

    Old Baba

  8. Moroni Olsen

    Moroni Olsen

    Caliph Hassan

  9. Ramsay Ames

    Ramsay Ames

    Nalu

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CinemaSerf

Jun 30, 2022

6/10

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.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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