Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

Sinbad The Sailor sails to deliver a cursed prince to a dangerous island in the face of deadly opposition from a powerful witch.

Director:

Sam Wanamaker

Writers:

Beverley Cross (screenplay), Beverley Cross (story),

Stars:

Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Patrick Wayne	...	Sinbad
Taryn Power	...	Dione
Margaret Whiting	...	Zenobia
Jane Seymour	...	Farah
Patrick Troughton	...	Melanthius
Kurt Christian	...	Rafi
Nadim Sawalha	...	Hassan
Damien Thomas	...	Kassim
Bruno Barnabe	...	Balsora
Bernard Kay	...	Zabid
Salami Coker	...	Maroof
David Sterne	...	Aboo-Seer

Storyline

Sinbad must deliver a prince transformed into a monkey to the lands of the Ademaspai to restore him to his human form in time for his coronation. On the way he must contend with the evil witch Zenobia, her son and their magic, and several nasty-looking Ray Harryhausen beasties.

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Plot Keywords:

prince | sinbad | princess | witch | monkey | 

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Taglines:

Sinbad! The greatest of all adventurers in his biggest adventure of all!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English Arabic

Release Date:

15 July 1977 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Sinbad at the World's End

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Andor Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor) (uncredited)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At $7 million - a drop in the bucket by today's movie budgets - this was the costliest of the Ray Harryhausen films to date.

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Goofs

The Troglodyte disappears after its battle with the Tiger. It cannot be seen even on the wide shot when the temple is collapsing.

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Quotes

Dione: [When Kassim is shown his reflection] He's weeping
Melanthius: Extraordinary, a normal babboon wouldn't have reconised its reflection and attacked it thinking it was another babboon

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Crazy Credits

The end credits scroll over the crowning ceremony of Prince Kassim. After the credits have scrolled up, we see a shot of brazier of coals. Suddenly, two cat eyes belonging to Zenobia appear.

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Connections

Follows The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

User Reviews

Excellent third and final Sinbad movie from Ray Harryhausen

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger was the third and final Sinbad movie with Ray Harryhausen creatures.

In this one, a prince is turned into a stop-motion baboon and Sinbad and crew go on an expedition to Ademaspai to restore him back to human form. They face plenty of dangers on the way including several giant creatures, some of them prehistoric (more on those later). He is being followed by an evil witch with magic powers, Zenobia, along with her son and a stop-motion metal creature, Minoton. On one occasion, she turns herself into a seagull to spy on Sinbad and on return to her ship as she transforms back, she is left with a webbed foot as she has ran out of potion. She is defeated at the end in the form of a Sabre-toothed Tiger and the prince is restored back to human form.

Now to those creatures: we start with a trio of ghouls and other creatures include a giant wasp, a giant walrus, a Troglodite and the above mentioned Sabre-toothed tiger. The other two stop-motion creatures, Minoton and the baboon appear throughout the movie. All of them look impressive, thanks to Ray Harryhausen.

Sinbad is played well by the Duke's son Patrick Wayne (The People That Time Forgot) and the rest of the cast includes Dr Who actor Patrick Troughton, Bond girl Jane Seymour (Live and Let Die), Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting as Zenobi and Nadim Sawalha.

Though not as good as the first Sinbad movie, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, I still enjoyed watching this one. Excellent.

Rating: 4 stars out of 5.