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The Golden Blade

  • 19531953
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
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Rock Hudson and Piper Laurie in The Golden Blade (1953)
Adventure
Basra merchant Harun Al-Rashid avenges his father's murder in this adventure set in ancient Bagdad and inspired from the Arabic fairy tales of One Thousand and One Nights.Basra merchant Harun Al-Rashid avenges his father's murder in this adventure set in ancient Bagdad and inspired from the Arabic fairy tales of One Thousand and One Nights.Basra merchant Harun Al-Rashid avenges his father's murder in this adventure set in ancient Bagdad and inspired from the Arabic fairy tales of One Thousand and One Nights.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
784
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    • Nathan Juran
    • John Rich(story)
    • William R. Cox(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Rock Hudson
    • Piper Laurie
    • Gene Evans
    • Nathan Juran
    • John Rich(story)
    • William R. Cox(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Rock Hudson
    • Piper Laurie
    • Gene Evans
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    • 17User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Gene Evans, George Macready, and Victor Romito in The Golden Blade (1953)
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    Gene Evans and George Macready in The Golden Blade (1953)
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    Rock Hudson
    Rock Hudson
    • Harun
    Piper Laurie
    Piper Laurie
    • Khairuzan
    Gene Evans
    Gene Evans
    • Hadi
    George Macready
    George Macready
    • Jafar
    Kathleen Hughes
    Kathleen Hughes
    • Bakhamra
    Steven Geray
    Steven Geray
    • Barcus
    Edgar Barrier
    Edgar Barrier
    • Caliph
    Alice Kelley
    • Handmaiden
    Jack Baston
    • Chamberlain
    • (uncredited)
    Frederic Berest
    • Necromancer
    • (uncredited)
    George Bruggeman
    George Bruggeman
    • Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Carlson
    Richard Carlson
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Carson
    • Guard
    • (uncredited)
    George Chirello
    • Artist
    • (uncredited)
    Martin Cichy
    Martin Cichy
    • Adjutant
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Clark
    Bill Clark
    • Citizen
    • (uncredited)
    Dorinda Clifton
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmy Dime
    Jimmy Dime
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
      • Nathan Juran
      • John Rich(story) (screenplay)
      • William R. Cox(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Both Farley Granger and Tony Curtis turned down the lead role before the studio assigned Rock Hudson to it.
    • Quotes

      Jafar: I have not schemed and murdered to be foiled by that piece of trash!

    • Connections
      Featured in Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010)

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    6/10
    THE GOLDEN BLADE (Nathan Juran, 1953) **1/2
    Arabian Nights adventures were staples on Italian TV in my childhood; this (acquired fairly recently on DVD as part of Universal's "Rock Hudson: Screen Legend" set) was one of them, though I'd practically forgotten all about it in the interim. Not that it's in any way a memorable entry in the genre, and certainly not original – since this is basically the Excalibur legend transposed to ancient Bagdad – but a pleasant diversion nonetheless.

    Having watched two of the star's 'oaters' back-to-back (the other was SEA DEVILS [1953]), I can say that he was rather more at ease as an Englishman than an Arab (though he does well enough by the action required here, involving a handful of swordfights and even a jousting[!] contest – which he loses – for the hand of leading lady Piper Laurie). The latter – petite and vivacious – lends some freshness to the mostly familiar proceedings; a similar outing of hers I'd like to revisit someday is THE PRINCE WHO WAS A THIEF (1951) featuring Tony Curtis, another then-rising Universal star who dabbled in actioners (read: potboilers) of every kind during this period.

    Anyway, the rest of the cast here is equally creditable: George Macready as the (typically conniving) Grand Vizier, who's eventually revealed to have also ordered the decimation of neighboring Basra (from where Hudson emanates); Samuel Fuller regular Gene Evans as Macready's incompetent son(!) – the old man wants him to marry princess Laurie in order to secure the throne for themselves, but he actually loves her subordinate; Steven Geray as the merchant who first comes into possession of The Golden Blade, and subsequently steers Hudson into fulfilling its destiny (that is, apart from supplying the film's comedy relief); and Edgar Barrier as the reigning Caliph (I've watched him recently in two other exotic ventures for the same studio, namely ARABIAN NIGHTS [1942] and COBRA WOMAN [1944]).

    The climax of this compact swashbuckler – running a mere 80 minutes – incorporates a bit of magic (and campiness) as the blade becomes entrenched in the walls of the palace; consequently, a host of muscle-men, inventors and sorcerers are recruited so as to try and dislodge it…but only the dashing hero is able to, the direct result of which is to have the column in question crumble and bury the two villains underneath it! By the way, director Juran would later helm two other (and far more notable) mythical adventures – THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958) and JACK THE GIANT KILLER (1962), both of which had the added appeal of stop-motion animated monsters.
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      • September 23, 1953 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal International Pictures (UI)
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    • 1 hour 21 minutes
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