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Director:
Don Weis
Writers:
Richard Collins (screenplay)
James Justinian Morier (novel)
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Release Date:
1 October 1954 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Romance more
Tagline:
The girls pronounce it "Hotcha Baba!"
Plot:
In Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba (John Derek) is leaving his father's shop to seek a greater fortune,... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
`Isn't it nice to face life together, being in love always in love.' more (13 total)

Cast

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John Derek ... Hajji Baba
Elaine Stewart ... Princess Fakzia
Thomas Gomez ... Osman Aga
Amanda Blake ... Banah
Paul Picerni ... Nurel-Din
Rosemarie Stack ... Ayesha (as Rosemarie Bowe)
Donald Randolph ... Caliph
Peter Mamakos ... Chief executioner
Kurt Katch ... Caoush
Leo Mostovoy ... The Barber
Joanne Arnold ... Susu (as Joann Arnold)
Veronica Pataky ... Kulub (as Veronika Pataky)
Linda Danson ... Fabria
Robert Bice ... Musa
Carl Milletaire ... Captain
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Albanian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #17119, General Audience) | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
Company:
Walter Wanger Productions more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[first lines]
[eyeing a bevy of beautiful slave girls]
Merchant: When is the auction?
Auctioneer: These girls will be sold in Masharif. They go today in Osman Aga's caravan.
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Movie Connections:
Edited into À la recherche de Kundun avec Martin Scorsese (1998) more
Soundtrack:
Hajji Baba (Persian Lament) more

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8 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
`Isn't it nice to face life together, being in love always in love.', 26 May 2003
7/10
Author: Ilya Mauter

The Adventures of Hajji Baba is remotely based on the book by a British writer James Morier who was actually raised in a harem and later served as an English diplomat at the court of the sultan of Iran in the first part of the 19th century. The book called The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan enjoyed quite a success at the time of its release in 1824 not only in England but also in Iran, the fact that encouraged the author to write a sequel called The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan in England where our hero is sent to learn its customs and way of life. This film version hasn't borrowed much from the book except perhaps the name of the main character – Hajji Baba (played by John Derek) and his profession – the barber whose banal, but sweet story we follow as he runs of with a beautiful but very capricious princess Fawzia (Elaine Stewart) who tries to escape from marriage to a man she isn't really crazy about which is imposed by her authoritative father Khalif (Donald Randolph) who is not particularly inclined to consider his daughter's opinion regarding choosing her lifetime partner especially when his power and monetary interests are at stake. But the main Hajji Baba's interest in helping the fugitive princess lies not in her attractive physical appearances but in a ring with a priceless emerald in it, which she happens to possess and which Hajji happens to covet. But gradually a struggle ensues inside of our hero's heart as about the change in the flow of his preferences to the girl instead of the emerald, which are also fed by the attraction the princess feels each time stronger towards the irresistible barber.

While all this internal fight is going on, our heroes come through numerous adventures most excitingly dangerous of them being caught by a band of beautiful women-outlaws several of whom were once Fawzia's personal servants who managed to escape mainly from princess' ill temper and promptly turned into bandits.

Overall Adventures of Hajji Baba is an ultimate what can be called sex and sand adventure comedy with a lot of beautiful women and sand in it all filmed in larger than life Cinemascope, which somehow covers the films poor story and is significantly helped by a pleasant title song performed by Nat King Cole which can be heard several times throughout the film - `Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji Baba, Hajji Baba.' 7/10

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