Sinbad contro i sette saraceni (1964)

User Rating:

3.2/10   

Director:

Emimmo Salvi

Writer:

Emimmo Salvi (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 December 1964 (Italy)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Romance

Plot:

A rebel leader returns to his city for a final confrontation with the evil king he is fighting. However, he finds himself attracted to the king's beautiful niece. |

Plot Keywords:

Peplum | Tournament | Dungeon | Chariot | Archer

Cast

Gordon Mitchell	...	Omar - the Regent
Bella Cortez	...	Fatima - Maharati Princess
Bruno Piergentili	...	Sinbad / Ali Baba (as Dan Harrison)
Carla Calò	...	Farida - Omar's Lover (as Carroll Brown)
Tony Di Mitri	...	Jukki - Ali Baba's Companion
Lilli Zander	...	Harem Girl
Franco Doria	...	Sharif
Alberto Conversi	...	Momet
Attilio Severini	...	Gate Guard
Tonino Stoppa	...	Saracen Leader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Artemio Antonini	...	Kassim - Zaragan Leader
Bruno Carotenuto	...	Saracen Leader
Maria Pia Conte	...	Harem Girl
Luigi Tosi	...	Meneth - Saracen Leader (as Nat Coster)
Amedeo Trilli	...	Haswan, Fatima's Uncle (as Mike Moore)

Also Known As:

Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens (USA)
Hawk of Bagdad (USA) (TV title)
Sinbad Against the 7 Saracens (USA) (TV title)
Sinbad and the 7 Saracens (International: English title) (video title)

Runtime:

94 min | USA:80 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Company:

Avis Film

Quotes:

Omar: [referring to Sinbad] I want to see the terror of death in his eyes.

Ali Baba And The Seven Saracens (Emimmo Salvi, 1964) *1/2

To begin with, the name of the most popular Arabian Nights character i.e. Sinbad has been variably spelled over the years and around the world – from Sindbad to Simbad and Szindbad. Moreover, the character of Sinbad has been included in films in which he had nothing to do with originally – the Russian adventure outing SADKO (1953) became THE MAGIC VOYAGE OF SINBAD in the U.S. – just as, in this case, he became Ali Baba when it crossed over the Atlantic! These facts alone are more interesting than anything that occurs in this film…because where are the seafaring adventures of Sinbad The Sailor to be seen in this one, not to mention the sundry creatures he generally struggled with? On the other hand, if this is Ali Baba, whatever happened to the Forty Thieves?

One thing is certain: I wasn't expecting Gordon Mitchell – who had previously portrayed such legendary heroic figures as Achilles and Maciste – to be the villain here, nor Sinbad to be incarnated by a teenager still wet behind the ears, thus making for possibly the lamest Sinbad in film history! Appropriately, then, the seven Saracens of the title are even more anonymous than the hero – and, what's worse, they don't even engage him in battle! At least, the heroine's physical attributes are well in evidence…but that's small compensation when set against the obligatory and unfunny comic relief provided by Sinbad's midget cellmate/sidekick and, for good measure (ugh!) a court eunuch with a bad facial tick; the pits, however, are reached by the silly gyrations of a particularly animated dancer preceding every ritual at court!