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Thief of Damascus

  • 19521952
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
168
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Paul Henreid, Jeff Donnell, Helen Gilbert, and Elena Verdugo in Thief of Damascus (1952)
AdventureFantasyRomance
A young man gathers a group of friends and adventurers to help battle an evil sultan.A young man gathers a group of friends and adventurers to help battle an evil sultan.A young man gathers a group of friends and adventurers to help battle an evil sultan.
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
168
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    • Will Jason
    • Robert E. Kent(original story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Paul Henreid
    • John Sutton
    • Jeff Donnell
    • Will Jason
    • Robert E. Kent(original story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Paul Henreid
    • John Sutton
    • Jeff Donnell
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    • 5User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Paul Henreid
    Paul Henreid
    • General Abu Amdar
    John Sutton
    John Sutton
    • Khalid
    Jeff Donnell
    Jeff Donnell
    • Sheherazade
    Lon Chaney Jr.
    Lon Chaney Jr.
    • Sinbad
    • (as Lon Chaney)
    Elena Verdugo
    Elena Verdugo
    • Neela
    Helen Gilbert
    Helen Gilbert
    • Princess Zafir
    Robert Clary
    Robert Clary
    • Aladdin
    Edward Colmans
    Edward Colmans
    • Sultan Raudah
    Nelson Leigh
    Nelson Leigh
    • Ben Jammal
    Philip Van Zandt
    Philip Van Zandt
    • Ali Baba
    Robert Conte
    • Horse Trader
    • (uncredited)
    Terry Frost
    Terry Frost
    • Ali Baba's Aide
    • (uncredited)
    John Hart
    John Hart
    • Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Jack Ingram
    Jack Ingram
    • Gate Guard at Beheading
    • (uncredited)
    Pierce Lyden
    Pierce Lyden
    • Thief
    • (uncredited)
    Belle Mitchell
    Belle Mitchell
    • Old Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Leonard Penn
    Leonard Penn
    • Habayah
    • (uncredited)
    Suzanne Ridgway
    Suzanne Ridgway
    • Handmaiden
    • (uncredited)
      • Will Jason
      • Robert E. Kent(original story and screenplay)
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      Generous helpings of footage from "Joan of Arc" are used to augment the battle scenes.

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    Low Budget Adventure Film That Has Everything In Glorious Technicorlor!
    Round up the usual suspects! This Columbia Film Saturday Matinée "B" Sand and Sandle flick features Sinbad (Lon Chaney Jr.), Aladdin (Robert Clary), and Ali Baba (Phillip Zandt) as a supporting cast to a very miscast Paul Henreid. While the film was for the most part entertaining it lacked the ingredients of some of it's more formidable predecessors that featured the likes of Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sabu, Jon Hall and various other Saturday Matinée icons of a much forgotten "B" "movies are better than ever past". This film was made after Lon Chaney Jr. grew tired of making "Wolfman" movies and demanded more versatile roles from Universal Studios. Consequently, he was released from his contract and wound up in a lot of these Columbia Technicolor wonders. On a personal basis, I had a lot of difficulty in accepting Paul Henreid as a "swashbuckling or sand and sandals" type of hero. I couldn't help the constant interruption of thinking of him as Victor Laszlo in the film "Casablanca", and the stunt double in the action scenes didn't look a bit like him. Another disrupting thought during the viewing was the fact that I kept thinking that many of the outdoor scenes seemed to be filmed at either the old Iverson Ranch or Corraganville (B Western Film Sets). The film uses all the wonderful gimmicks such as the magic door that opens when you say "Open Sessame!", complete with the 40 thieves and glorious Technicolor that make this film palatable. Give it a look for a pleasant visit to a "once upon a time" at the Saturday Matinée.
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    • Release date
      • April 1952 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Sam Katzman Productions
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    • 1 hour 18 minutes

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