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Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves ()

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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.
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lou Fleischer ...
Wimpy (uncredited) (voice)
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Popeye (uncredited) (voice)
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Olive Oyl (uncredited) (voice)
Gus Wicke ...
Abu Hassan (uncredited) (voice)

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Dave Fleischer
Willard Bowsky ... (animation director) (uncredited)

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Seymour Kneitel ... (story) (uncredited)
 
Izzy Sparber ... (story) (uncredited)
 
Bill Turner ... (story) (uncredited)
 
Jack Ward ... (story) (uncredited)

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Max Fleischer ... producer

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Charles Schettler ... animation camera (uncredited)

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Willard Bowsky ... animator
Orestes Calpini ... animator
George Germanetti ... animator
Lillian Friedman ... animator (uncredited)
Gordon Sheehan ... animator (uncredited)

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Lou Fleischer ... music supervisor (uncredited)
Sammy Timberg ... musical director (uncredited)

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Adolph Zukor ... presenter
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Plot Summary

Upon hearing of the evil deeds of the bandit Abu Hassan, Popeye, accompanied by Olive Oyl and J. Wellington Wimpy, flies to Arabia. Olive is kidnapped by Abu Hassan, who forces her to do the laundry for his Forty Thieves. Popeye sneaks into their hideout to rescue her, but finds himself outnumbered forty-one to one. Written by Paul Penna

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Taglines TWICE AS LONG! TWICE AS FUNNY! All in Color! (Print Ad-Victoria Daily Times, ((Victoria, BC)) 31 December 1937) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Ali Baba en de veertig roovers (Belgium, Flemish title)
  • Морнар Попај и Али Баба (Serbia)
  • Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs (Belgium, French title)
  • Папай-моряк встречает Али-бабу и 40 разбойников (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • Odcinek specjalny Popeye'a: Popeye spotyka Ali Babę i 40 rozbójników (Poland)
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  • 17 min
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Trivia This was the second of the "Popeye Color Specials", a trilogy of "Popeye" two-reel films that were filmed in Technicolor. See more »
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. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Popeye Makes a Movie (1950). See more »
Soundtracks Abu Hassan See more »
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!
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