Directed by:
Lew LandersCinematography:
Ellis W. CarterComposer:
Arthur MortonCast:
Lucille Ball, John Agar, Patricia Medina, George Tobias, Raymond Burr, Rick Vallin, William Fawcett, Terry Frost, Edward Colmans, Gregory Gaye, Jimmy Dime (more)VOD (1)
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In the post-war years, Arabian fantasies were incredibly popular: an opportunity to feature scantily clad beauties in lavish color, with romantic stories and exotic backgrounds. Every studio made a few of these romps, using their most beautiful actors to great advantage and adapting epic plot lines without much gravity. Here, cast as a villainess, Lucille Ball is Narah, the daughter of Ali (Gregory Gay), pretender to the throne and royal assassin. The true heir, played by John Agar (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Fort Apache), smuggled away on a magic carpet when just a baby, grows up under an assumed name until he is old enough to claim his place alongside his beautiful love, Lida (Patricia Medina). Classic film villains Raymond Burr and George Tobias join in the spectacle - and producer Sam Katzman didn't forget the dancing girls! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lucille Ball
USA
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Top Hat (1935)
Stage Door (1937)
John Agar
USA
Best movies:
Along the Great Divide (1951)
Shield for Murder (1954)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Patricia Medina
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
First of the Few (1942)
George Tobias
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Ninotchka (1939)
Raymond Burr
Canada
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Rick Vallin
Best movies:
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
Lone Star (1952)
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
William Fawcett
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Terry Frost
USA
Best movies:
One Desire (1955)
Whispering Smith (1948)
The Baron of Arizona (1950)
Edward Colmans
UK
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
A Global Affair (1964)
Gregory Gaye
Russia
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Ninotchka (1939)
Test Pilot (1938)
Jimmy Dime
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
John George
Syria
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Killing (1956)
East of Eden (1955)
Suzanne Ridgway
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Leonard Penn
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Three Comrades (1938)
Eddie Parker
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Spartacus (1960)
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
Aram Katcher
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
5 Fingers (1952)
Scaramouche (1952)