Sinbad the Sailor

Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexander the Great. His first stop is the port of Basra, where his ship is seized and scheduled for auction. In his attempt to win it back, he befriends beautiful concubine Shireen. But when her master, the nefarious Emir, calls her back to duty, Sinbad must interrupt his adventure to save the "Jewel of Persia."

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

as Sinbad

Maureen O'Hara

as Shireen

Walter Slezak

as Melik

Anthony Quinn

as Emir

George Tobias

as Abbu

Jane Greer

as Pirouze

Mike Mazurki

as Yusuf

Sheldon Leonard

as Auctioneer

Alan Napier

as Aga

John Miljan

as Moga

Reviews

John Chard

Who, more than all other sons of Allah, spread glory to the name of Sinbad? Sinbad the Sailor is directed by Richard Wallace and written by John Twist and George Worthing Yates. It stars Douglas Fairbanks Junior, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Anthony Quinn, George Tobias and Jane Greer. Music is...

CinemaSerf

First thing's first, this is seriously verbose. The dialogue is mostly second rate and boy, is there a lot of it... That said, though, Douglas Fairbanks is charming in the title role. Here, armed with a medallion/map, he sets out to track down an enormous treasure hidden by Alexander the Great. The ...

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