Vincent Price in Technicolor desert chaos? Maureen O'Hara's sword is READY.
An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and his Black Riders.
Costume
O'Hara's wardrobe deserves its own credit line
Cinematography
Technicolor so saturated it hurts your eyes
Acting
Vincent Price vamping through sand dunes
Director
Charles Lamont
Maureen O'Hara
Princess Marjan
Paul Hubschmid
Hassan (as Paul Christian)
Vincent Price
Pasha Ali Nadim
John Sutton
Raizul
Jeff Corey
Mohammed Jao
Frank Puglia
Saleel
David Bauer
Mahmud
Fritz Leiber
Emir
Otto Waldis
Marengo
Leon Belasco
Beggar
Trevor Bardette
Soldier
Thomas Browne Henry
Elder
Paul Maxey
Clothes Merchant
Dewey Robinson
Drunk Blackrobe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Hubschmid was dubbed 'Paul Christian' for this film because Universal thought his real name sounded too German for post-war audiences.
This was part of Universal's 1940s 'exotic' adventure cycle that recycled sets from their 1944 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'—Hollywood efficiency at its most questionable.
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