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Arabian Adventure

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5.8/10 • 50

1979-07-081h 38m

FantasyScience FictionFamily

Soar into a Magical World of Action, Excitement and Enchantment!

An evil caliph (Christopher Lee) offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a prince if he can complete a perilous quest for a magical rose. Helped by a young boy and a magic carpet, Prince Hasan (Oliver Tobias), has to overcome genies, fire breathing monsters and treacherous swamps to reach his prize and claim the hand of the Princess Zuleira (Emma Samms).

Directors
Kevin Connor
Writters
Brian Hayles
Editors
Brian Hayles, Barry Peters

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Christopher Lee

    Christopher Lee

    Caliph Alquazar

  2. Milo O’Shea

    Milo O’Shea

    Khasim

  3. Oliver Tobias

    Oliver Tobias

    Prince Hasan

  4. Emma Samms

    Emma Samms

    Princess Zuleira

  5. Puneet Sira

    Puneet Sira

    Majeed

  6. John Wyman

    John Wyman

    Bahloul

  7. John Ratzenberger

    John Ratzenberger

    Achmed

  8. Shane Rimmer

    Shane Rimmer

    Abu

  9. Hal Galili

    Hal Galili

    Asaf

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John Chard Avatar

John Chard

Jan 7, 2017

5/10

The Rose Of Arabia. Arabian Adventure is directed by Kevin Connor and written by Brian Hayles. It stars Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea, Oliver Tobias, Emma Samms and Puneet Sira. Music is by Ken Thorne and cinematography by Alan Hume. A prince is sent by an evil sorcerer (Lee) on a quest for a magical rose. Should he succeed, he hopes that as a reward he will win the hand of the princess. Sometimes to moderately enjoy a film of this type, you just got to take yourself back to a time when simple children's adventure movies were made with simple film making techniques. This obviously doesn't hold up well these days, where even given the year it was made it was way behind advancements that were being made in special effects. Thus it's highly unlikely that the prepubescents of today would have the patience or care for such a production. Yet it doesn't lack for charm. Is charm enough? Well it's not a great or very good film, it's heavy on chatter, the effects are indeed a little crude, acting and accents are borderline dire, and it seems to take an age to get going, yet it's not insulting like many far bigger budget pictures have been: even nowadays! It's best just to roll with it, enjoy the whimsy and the many small roles by the likes of Peter Cushing, Mickey Rooney, Capucine and, erm, John Ratzenberger. Forgettable once it's over, but harmless with it. 5/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
flying carpetarabian nightscaliph