USA, 1952
75m
35mm film, “colour by Technicolor”, 1.37:1
mono (Western Electric Recording), English
An American fantasy film directed by Kurt Neumann.
Plot Summary
Kashma Baba, the son of Ali Baba crosses swords with the evil Caliph's son, Hussein.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
Copyright MCMLII by Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
Universal-International presents
Produced by: Leonard Goldstein
Associate Producer: Ross Hunter
Story and Screenplay by: Gerald Drayson Adams
Director of Photography: Maury Gertsman
Technicolor Color Consultant: William Fritzsche
Film Editor: Virgil Vogel
Music Direction: Joseph Gershenson
Musical Numbers Staged by: Hal Belfer
Sound: Leslie I. Carey, Glenn E. Anderson
Costumes: Rosemary Odell
Make-Up: Bud Westmore
Hair Stylist: John St. Oegger
Art Direction: Bernard Herzbrun, Emrich Nicholson
Set Decorations: Russell A. Gausman, John Austin
Cast
Tony Curtis [Kashma Baba]
Piper Laurie [Princess Azura/Kiki]
Susan Cabot [Tala]
William Reynolds [Mustapha]
Hugh O'Brian [Hussein]
Victor Jory [Caliph]
Gerald Mohr [Captain Youssef]
Robert Barrett [commandant]
Leon Belasco [Babu]
Morris Ankrum [Ali Baba]
Mara Corday [woman on balcony] *
Alternative Titles
Ali Baban poika – Finnish title
Ali Baba'nın oğlu – Turkish title
Il figlio di Alì Babà – Italian title
O Filho de Ali Babá – Brazilian, Portuguese title
Le fils d'Ali Baba – French/French Belgian title
Fiul lui Ali Baba – Romanian title
O gyios tou Ali Baba – Greek title
El Hijo de Ali Baba – Argentine, Chilean title
El Hijo de Alí Babá – Mexican, Spanish, Venezuelan title
Kalifen i Bagdad – Danish title
Kashma – Ali Babas son – Swedish title
Sin Ali Babe – Serbian Yugoslavian title
Der Sohn von Ali Baba – Austrian title
Der Sohn von Ali Baba – West German title
De zoon van Ali Baba – Flemish Belgian title
De zoon van Ali Baba – Dutch title
Сын Али-Бабы – Russian title
アリババの復讐 – Japanese title
Links
Remake
Son of Sinbad (1955)
Extracts included in
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)
References
Periodicals
- Daily Film Renter vol.26 no.6378 (27 August 1952) p.5
- Kine Weekly no.2358 (4 September 1952) p.18
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.19 no.225 (October 1952) p.145
- Motion Picture Herald vol.187 no.12 (21 June 1952) p.1418
- Motion Picture Herald vol.188 no.8 (23 August 1952) p.1502
- Today's Cinema vol.79 no.6576 (27 August 1952) p.9
- Variety 13 August 1952
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.450 – credits
