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A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.
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Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Yvonne De Carlo
Richard Greene
Jackie Gleason
George Macready
Rock Hudson
Carl Esmond
Joe Besser
Marc Lawrence
Lois Andrews
Frank PugliaImages · 11
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CinemaSerfDec 27, 2022
A remarkably decent cast fail to enliven this rather verbose and dull Arabian Nights adventure based around the legendary character of "Scheherazade". This time she (Yvonne de Carlo) is the daughter of the Caliph who is tricked into marrying "Omar" (Richard Greene) in the belief that he is the Prince "Murad" (George Macready). Nobody is very impressed by this arrangement, the Princess demands the head of "Omar" and off we go on some colourful desert shenanigans during which t… Read more
he Princess realises that she might just have backed the wrong horse! Sadly, though, it is all just descends quickly into a routine sand and scimitar story as the men vie for her affections whilst pursuing wealth and power at the same time. It looks quite good, but the dialogue is pretty stilted and even with Jackie Gleason and a bit-part from Rock Hudson, it never really flows - indeed, much of the time it is just too meandering and lacklustre. Pity, though - better writing and direction could have made more of it.