A Thousand and One Nights
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.
Cast
Evelyn Keyes
as Babs The Genie
Phil Silvers
as Abdullah
Adele Jergens
as Princess Armina
Cornel Wilde
as Aladdin
Dusty Anderson
as Novira
Dennis Hoey
as Sultan Kamar Al-Kir / Prince Hadji
Philip Van Zandt
as Grand Wazir AbuHassan
Gus Schilling
as Jafar
Nestor Paiva
as Kahim
Rex Ingram
as Giant
Reviews
CinemaSerf
“Oh, if only I had a gun… No, wait, they haven’t been invented yet!”. Phil Silvers brings a distinctly pantomime effect to this retelling of the Sinbad meets Arabian Nights story. To keep up the swash and the buckle, we have the dashingly mischievous “Aladdin” (Cornel Wilde) who falls in love with t...
