Tedious pacing and the repetitive Nat King Cole song makes this an empty hour glass where the sand evaporated rather than shifted. Barber John Derek kidnaps Arabic princess Elaine Stewart for her own protection to keep her out of the hands of the evil Paul Picerni who wants to take over caliph Donald Randolph's throne. They join the caravan of merchant Thomas Gomez, are hijacked by the tribe of Amazons (led by Amanda Blake) and face various adventures in trying to prevent Picerni from conquering Randolph.
No magic carpets or genies in bottles, just trite and cliched dialog and characters (especially Gomez), with cartoonish color photography and no element of surprise even in the most dangerous of situations. Even when Stewart and Derek are bound and left for the vultures to feast on, there's never any doubt that they'll escape. Derek and Stewart have nice chemistry, but their love scenes interrupted by the theme song over and over is just annoying.
The presence of Blake and her band of female soldiers is a unique twist, but they are written with little consistency. Considering that this ambitious production was made by the studio formerly known as Monogram, I should be impressed by the scope, but there has to be something more than just widescreen to help it stand the test of time.
No magic carpets or genies in bottles, just trite and cliched dialog and characters (especially Gomez), with cartoonish color photography and no element of surprise even in the most dangerous of situations. Even when Stewart and Derek are bound and left for the vultures to feast on, there's never any doubt that they'll escape. Derek and Stewart have nice chemistry, but their love scenes interrupted by the theme song over and over is just annoying.
The presence of Blake and her band of female soldiers is a unique twist, but they are written with little consistency. Considering that this ambitious production was made by the studio formerly known as Monogram, I should be impressed by the scope, but there has to be something more than just widescreen to help it stand the test of time.