USA, 1943
87m
35mm film, Technicolor, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American fantasy film directed by Arthur Lubin.
Plot Summary
When his father, the Kalif of Bagdad, is murdered by soldiers from the armies of Hugalu Khan, Ali Baba is raised by forty thieves. Ali eventually leads the thieves against Khan, rescuing his girlfriend Amara along the way.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Arthur Lubin
Copyright MCMXLIII [1943] by Universal Pictures Company Inc.
A Universal picture
Produced by: Paul Malvern
Written for the Screen by: Edmund L. Hartmann
Assistant Director: Charles Gould
Dialogue Director: Stacy Keach
Directors of Photography: George Robinson, W. Howard Greene
Film Editor: Russell Schoengarth
Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus
Associate [Color Consultant]: William Fritzsche
Musical Score and Direction: Edward Ward
Sound Direction: Bernard B. Brown
Sound Technician: Robert Pritchard
Western Electric Recording
Costumes: Vera West
Make-up Artist: Jack Pierce
Special Photography by: John P. Fulton
Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Richard H. Riedel
Set Decorations: R.A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
Dance Director: Paul Oscard
Technical Adviser: Jamiel Hasson
Cast
Jon Hall (Ali Baba)
Maria Montez (Amara)
Turhan Bey (Jamiel)
Andy Devine (Abdullah)
Kurt Katch (Hulagu Khan)
Frank Puglia (Prince Cassim)
Fortunio Bonanova (Baba)
Moroni Olsen (Caliph)
Ramsay Ames (Nalu)
Chris-Pin Martin (fat thief)
Scotty Beckett (Ali as a child)
Yvette Duguay (Amara as a child)
Noel Cravat (Mongol captain)
Jimmy Conlin (little thief)
Harry Cording (Mahmoud)
Richard Alexander, Harry Woods [Mongol guards] *
Jerome Andrews, Eric Braunsteiner, Ed Brown, Dick D’Arcy, Alex Goudavich, George Martin [dancers] *
Robert Barron [Mongol captain] *
Alphonse Berg [tailor] *
John Calvert, Dick Dickinson, Hans Herbert, David Heywood, Ethan Laidlaw, Joey Ray, Pedro Regas [thieves] *
William ‘Wee Willie’ Davis [Arab giant] *
Rex Evans [Arab major domo] *
Martin Faust [bit part] *
James Khan [Persian prince] *
Pierce Lyden, Don McGill, Norman Willis [guards] *
Art Miles [Mongol guard] *
Belle Mitchell [nursemaid] *
Theodore Patay [Arab priest] *
Angelo Rossitto [Arab dwarf] *
Charles Wagenheim [barber] *
Alternative Titles
Ali Baba und die 40 Räuber – Austria
Ali Baba und die vierzig Räuber – Germany
Alí-Babá y los 40 ladrones – Spain
Ali Baba ja 40 rosvoa – Finland
Alì Babà e i 40 ladroni – Italy
Ali Baba i czterdziestu rozbójników – Poland
Ali Baba och de 40 rövarna – Sweden
Links
Remake
The Sword of Ali Baba (1965)
See also
The Cat’s Bah (1954)
References
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.8 – credits
