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Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves

  • 19371937
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  • 17m
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Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
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Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
86,627
110
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    • Directors
      • Dave Fleischer
      • Willard Bowsky(animation director)
    • Writers
      • Seymour Kneitel(story)
      • Izzy Sparber(story)
      • Bill Turner(story)
    • Stars
      • Jack Mercer(voice)
      • Mae Questel(voice)
      • Lou Fleischer(voice)
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Dave Fleischer
      • Willard Bowsky(animation director)
    • Writers
      • Seymour Kneitel(story)
      • Izzy Sparber(story)
      • Bill Turner(story)
    • Stars
      • Jack Mercer(voice)
      • Mae Questel(voice)
      • Lou Fleischer(voice)
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    • 23User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
    Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, and Gus Wickie in Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
    Jack Mercer in Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)

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    Jack Mercer
    Jack Mercer
    • Popeye
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Mae Questel
    Mae Questel
    • Olive Oyl
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Lou Fleischer
    • Wimpy
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Gus Wickie
    • Abu Hassan
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Dave Fleischer
      • Willard Bowsky(animation director) (uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Seymour Kneitel(story) (uncredited)
      • Izzy Sparber(story) (uncredited)
      • Bill Turner(story) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      This cartoon makes use of Fleischer's Tabletop process. This was a process that combined 2D and 3D animation. Miniature sets were built on a stage, then the characters were animated and superimposed over this background, so that various objects could pass in front/behind them. This created an impression of depth to the viewer.
    • Goofs
      Abu Hassan is only a head or two taller than Popeye. Abu enters a cave with a door just tall enough to admit himself and his mount, but seconds later Popeye comes up to the same door which now seems to be ten times the height of a man.
    • Quotes

      Abu Hassan: [toying around] Look, look, look, see!

      Popeye: Huh?

      [With a laugh, Abu Hassan steals Popeye's belt]

      Popeye: Hey, give me back me belt, I paid a good price for that!... Okay, watch this one. Abba-dabba-dabba!

      [Popeye pulls out Abu Hassan's underwear]

      Popeye: Abu Hassan got them anymore!

      Abu Hassan: You want to make fool from me, eh?

      Popeye: Ah, nature beat me to it!

    • Alternate versions
      The Kids Klassics VHS release (1987) omits the scenes where Popeye & co first hear word of Abu's crimes and then journey in a seaplane and trudge over the desert to find the city.
    • Connections
      Edited into Popeye Makes a Movie (1950)
    • Soundtracks
      Abu Hassan
      (uncredited)
      Music by Vee Lawnhurst
      Lyrics by Tot Seymour
      Performed by Gus Wickie

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    Top review
    10/10
    You it's original glory now remastered in DVD Couresty of Warner Bros.
    For those who hasn't see Popeye meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves digitally remastered on DVD, you're in for a revelation! I'm so happy that Warner Bros. got rid of the dreadful A.A.P. opening and closing titles of all Fleischer Popeye cartoon movies and put back the original Paramount titles where it belongs.

    I love the cartoon. Especially Abu Hassan (Bluto) and his boys singing that catchy tune back in 1937 which is still timeless to this day. Can't stop singing! It's now available either can buy or rent it as part of the Popeye collection (1933 - 1938) available exclusively from Warner Home Video.
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    • Mar 28, 2008

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 26, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Папай-моряк встречает Али-бабу и 40 разбойников
    • Production company
      • Fleischer Studios
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      17 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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