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Director:
Richard Wallace
Writers:
John Twist (story) and
George Worthing Yates (story) ...
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Release Date:
13 January 1947 (USA) more
Genre:
Romance | Adventure more
Tagline:
. . . The fabulous adventures of . . . The King of Rogues . . . The Prince of Lovers ! more
Plot:
Sinbad is a story teller who weaves great adventures about - himself. Whether they are true or not, no one knows... more | add synopsis
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Arabian Nights to be adapted into new 3D 'magic carpet ride'
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Cast

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ... Sinbad

Maureen O'Hara ... Shireen
Walter Slezak ... Melik

Anthony Quinn ... Emir
George Tobias ... Abbu
Jane Greer ... Pirouze
Mike Mazurki ... Yusuf
Sheldon Leonard ... Auctioneer
Alan Napier ... Aga
John Miljan ... Moga
Brad Dexter ... Muallin (as Barry Mitchell)
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Runtime:
116 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
UK:U | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #11514, General Audience)
Company:
RKO Radio Pictures more

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RKO had to scuttle its plan to present this film as a 1946 Christmas-season attraction when a strike at the Technicolor processing plant delayed the making of prints. The wide-release date would be moved up to January 13, 1947, with the Manhattan opening at the Palace Theatre following on January 22, 1947. Needing a black-and-white movie for its 1946 yuletide schedule, RKO chose a film destined to become a holiday perennial: Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946). more
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Title Card: O Masters, O Noble Persons, O Brothers, know you that in the time of the Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, there lived on the golden shore of Persia a man of adventure called Sinbad the Sailor. Strange and wondrous were the tales told of him and his voyages. But who, shall we surmise, gave him his immortality? Who, more than all other sons of Allah, spread glory to the name of Sinbad? Who else, O Brother, but -
Sinbad: - Sinbad the Sailor! Know me, O Brothers, for the truth of my words, and by the ears of the Prophet, every word I have spoken is truth!
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That Eighth Voyage of Sinbad, 16 March 2006
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Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

During his film career Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. could probably have done more films along the line of Sinbad the Sailor. But my guess is that he didn't want to be typecast in quite the same way as his father was. Still it's a treat to watch him in this and in other films like The Fighting O'Flynn, The Exile, and The Corsican Brothers where there's more than a hint of his inheritance.

Sinbad the Sailor is the Baron Munchausen of the Islamic world. The stories of his seven voyages are a large part of the Arabian Nights fables.

Fairbanks shows him spinning the tall tales to the listening crowd in Basra and when they tell him to give them something new, Fairbanks relates the latest tale of his eighth voyage. Doing it in flashback that way kind of spoils the ending because it does say that he will survive to tell the tale. Nevertheless it's quite a story involving a greedy emir in Anthony Quinn and an evil magician in Walter Slezak who along with Sinbad is seeking the fabled treasure that Alexander the Great, that noted infidel, amassed during his conquests.

Of course there is that redheaded Kurdish princess played by Maureen O'Hara who has her own agenda working. In her recent memoirs Maureen full realized the ridiculousness of casting her in roles like these. But she said her philosophy was keep working and eventually the good parts will come your way.

It's an enjoyable film however as Fairbanks makes that final journey and finds what true love and happiness are all about.

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