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The Golden Arrow

Original title: L'arciere delle mille e una notte
  • 19621962
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
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62,638
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The Golden Arrow (1962)
Genies help a bandit recover a golden arrow, which will show that he is the heir to the sultan's kingdom.
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Genies help a bandit recover a golden arrow, which will show that he is the heir to the sultan's kingdom.Genies help a bandit recover a golden arrow, which will show that he is the heir to the sultan's kingdom.Genies help a bandit recover a golden arrow, which will show that he is the heir to the sultan's kingdom.
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
314
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
62,638
20,333
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Antonio Margheriti
    • Writers
      • Giorgio Arlorio
      • Augusto Frassinetti
      • Giorgio Prosperi
    • Stars
      • Tab Hunter
      • Rossana Podestà
      • Umberto Melnati
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Antonio Margheriti
    • Writers
      • Giorgio Arlorio
      • Augusto Frassinetti
      • Giorgio Prosperi
    • Stars
      • Tab Hunter
      • Rossana Podestà
      • Umberto Melnati
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    • 15User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews

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    Tab Hunter in The Golden Arrow (1962)
    Tab Hunter in The Golden Arrow (1962)
    Tab Hunter in The Golden Arrow (1962)
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    The Golden Arrow (1962)
    Tab Hunter, Giustino Durano, Umberto Melnati, Rossana Podestà, and Franco Scandurra in The Golden Arrow (1962)
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    The Golden Arrow (1962)
    Tab Hunter and Rossana Podestà in The Golden Arrow (1962)
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    Tab Hunter
    Tab Hunter
    • Hassan
    Rossana Podestà
    Rossana Podestà
    • Jamila
    Umberto Melnati
    Umberto Melnati
    • Low Genie
    Mario Feliciani
    Mario Feliciani
    • Baktiar
    Dominique Boschero
    Dominique Boschero
    • Queen of Rocky Valley
    Renato Baldini
    Renato Baldini
    • Prince of Bassora
    Giustino Durano
    • Absent-Minded Genie
    Franco Scandurra
    • Bearded Genie
    Gloria Milland
    • Queen in the cave
    Renato Montalbano
    Renato Montalbano
      Rosario Borelli
      • Prince of Aleppo
      Calisto Calisti
      • Prince of Bassora's General
      Abdel Moneim Ibrahim
      • Captain Hamit
      José Jaspe
      José Jaspe
      • Sabrath
      Gian Paolo Rosmino
      • Mokbar
      • (as Giampaolo Rosmino)
      Claudio Scarchilli
      • Bandit
      Ceco Zamurovich
      • Prince of Samarkand
      Omar Zolficar
      • Magician
      • Director
        • Antonio Margheriti
      • Writers
        • Giorgio Arlorio
        • Augusto Frassinetti
        • Giorgio Prosperi
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      • Trivia
        Tab Hunter's voice is dubbed by another actor in the English language version.
      • Goofs
        Not only are none of the noble contestants able to draw back the Ebony Bow, but none of them know the correct side of the bow to place the arrow on, including Hassan.
      • Connections
        Featured in Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)

      User reviews15

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      5/10
      THE GOLDEN ARROW (Antonio Margheriti, 1962) **
      I was looking forward to this one, being a fan of Arabian Nights fantasies and in view of cult director Margheriti's participation (unusually billed under his real name here, instead of the familiar pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson!); distributed internationally by MGM, the film used to crop up from time to time on the TCM U.K. schedule – but it may have been the 1936 Warner Bros. effort bearing the same title, and which I acquired not too long ago via this very channel, all along!

      Anyway, the movie is appropriately colourful and intermittently diverting; yet, given the utter lack of originality, the result is mainly dreary – not helped by lifeless treatment, ill-advised star casting (blond Tab Hunter as the proverbial 'prince who was a thief'!) and ropey special effects (the handiwork of the obligatory suppliers of resistible comedy relief, a buffoonish trio of wizards who literally come down to earth to aid the hero regain his throne)!! The current princess (Rossana Podesta', a regular of such costumed fare) is contended by a number of potentates, one of whom is in league with the – what else? – wicked Grand Vizier (for once, though, he does not covet either the girl or the throne himself, apparently content merely to pull the strings at court!). Eventually, she asks them to bring her the most precious gift – but, what they come up with (a crystal ball, a life- restoring potion and a magic carpet), has equal value in her eyes when she is stricken by a 'mysterious' illness and near death!

      Hunter naturally has a coterie of bandit pals (who initially turn against him when he allows the kidnapped princess to flee rather than demand a ransom for her) – but their role is downplayed in favour of the afore-mentioned magicians. Incidentally, the script is indiscriminate in its borrowings: the titular weapon is first presented as having Excalibur-type powers i.e. only the right person can handle it; while, halfway through, we get thoroughly pointless sections that would have better served the peplum genre involving a cave guarded by flaming monsters and, subsequently, a Theban community – from what I could gather, under some sorcerer's spell – which the hero saves (by destroying a temple in the desert)! The climax, then, features the protagonist's 'supernatural' sidekicks dumping jars from the air on the assailing forces and Hunter adopting the golden arrow to slice up the villains' own flying rug!
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      • Release date
        • May 1964 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • Italy
      • Language
        • Italian
      • Also known as
        • Zlatna strela
      • Filming locations
        • Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el Bahari, Egypt
      • Production company
        • Titanus
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 31 minutes
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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