The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile... See full summary »

Director:

Gordon Hessler

Writers:

Brian Clemens (screenplay), Brian Clemens (story),

Stars:

John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker

3 wins.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
John Phillip Law	...	Sinbad
Caroline Munro	...	Margiana
Tom Baker	...	Koura
Douglas Wilmer	...	Vizier
Martin Shaw	...	Rachid
Grégoire Aslan	...	Hakim (as Gregoire Aslan)
Kurt Christian	...	Haroun
Takis Emmanuel	...	Achmed
David Garfield	...	Abdul (as John D. Garfield)
Aldo Sambrell	...	Omar

Storyline

Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map, accompanied by a slave girl with a mysterious tattoo of an eye on her palm. They encounter strange beasts, tempests, and the dark interference of Koura along the way.

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Plot Keywords:

sinbad | map | tattoo | slave girl | slave | 

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Taglines:

Dynarama Means Supreme Adventure!

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Genres:

Family | Adventure | Fantasy | Action

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Arabic

Release Date:

12 April 1974 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

A Nova Viagem de Sinbad

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

$982,351 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Ameran Films, Morningside Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) (uncredited)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The closed-captioner for this movie decided to have some fun with Prince Koura's lines. When Koura says his unintelligible magic spells to summon the dark spirits against Sinbad and his crew, the captions for the first time he does that read, "SSFUP AOCOC ROF OOKCUC MI" (which is IM CUCKOO FOR COCOA PUFFS spelled backwards); and subsequently, "TTIBBAR YLLIS. YLNO SDIK ROFERA XIRT" (that reverses to TRIX ARE FOR KIDS ONLY. SILLY RABBIT).

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Goofs

In the opening scenes when we see Sinbad collect the amulet once the creature has dropped it, the amulet moves from Sinbad's hands, to his feet and back to his hands between shots.

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Quotes

Vizier: The more I study it, the greater the puzzle becomes.

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Connections

References The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

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Soundtracks

"Kali Walk Dance"
(uncredited)
Music by John Mayer

User Reviews

A good romp

'Golden Voyage' is much better than the later 'Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger' and equal to the earlier 'Seventh Voyage of Sinbad'.

The Harryhausen creatures are impressive. Stop motion animation does give solidity to the image, more so than the usual CGI effect. There are some fine ones here including a one eyed centaur, a homunculus, a griffin, a six armed statue, a ship's wooden figurehead. The story is standard but the effects, the locations and the plot weave together well. There is also a dry humour in the dialogue which is entertaining. Scenes like the sword fight with the six armed statute (with six swords!) or the final confrontation at the fountain of wisdom (or something like that) are exciting. The great Miklos Rosza's music adds considerably to the atmosphere.

John Philip Law is OK as Sinbad and does attempt an Arabian accent unlike the usual English one, but the role isn't Shakespearean and he does well enough. Caroline Munro looks splendid in her costume, low cut almost everywhere. The rest of the cast support well.

Tom Baker is excellent as the villain Koura. He makes him sympathetic; what drives him is common to all people. He just uses different means to gain his ends. He dominates the scenes he is in and it is a pity that more big screen roles never came his way. He was the best 'Doctor Who' in the BBC series, in my opinion of course.

A good fantasy romp to appeal to the adventurer in all of us. Did I mention Caroline Munro's costume? Oh, I did.