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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Year:

1944

Duration:

87 min | Argentina:90 min

Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Arthur Lubin

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1944-01-14

Filming Locations: Coral Pink Sand Dunes - Sand Dunes Road, Kanab, Utah, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Scotty Beckett

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Maria Montez

Angelo Rossitto

Jon Hall

Ali Baba

Turhan Bey

Jamiel

Andy Devine

Abdullah

Kurt Katch

Hulagu Khan

Frank Puglia

Prince Cassim

Fortunio Bonanova

Old Baba

Moroni Olsen

Caliph Hassan

Ramsay Ames

Nalu

Chris-Pin Martin

Fat Thief

Yvette Duguay

Amara as a Girl

Noel Cravat

Mongol Captain

Jimmy Conlin

Little Thief

Harry Cording

Mahmoud

Ed Agresti

Mongol Captain (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Mongol Guard (uncredited)

Jerome Andrews

Dancer (uncredited)

Robert Barron

Mongol Captain (uncredited)

Alphonse Bergé

Tailor (uncredited)

Eric Braunsteiner

Dancer (uncredited)

Ed Brown

Dancer (uncredited)

John Calvert

Thief (uncredited)

Fred Cavens

Thief (uncredited)

Dick D'Arcy

Dancer (uncredited)

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Arab Giant (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson

Thief (uncredited)

Rex Evans

Arab Major Domo (uncredited)

Martin Faust

Thief (uncredited)

Alex Goudavich

Dancer (uncredited)

Hans Herbert

Thief (uncredited)

David Heywood

Thief (uncredited)

James Khan

Persian Prince (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Thief (uncredited)

Pierce Lyden

Guard (uncredited)

George Martin

Dancer (uncredited)

Don McGill

Guard (uncredited)

Art Miles

Mongol Guard (uncredited)

Belle Mitchell

Nursemaid (uncredited)

Alma M. Pappas

Princess Kanza Omar (uncredited)

Theodore Patay

Arab Priest (uncredited)

Joey Ray

Thief (uncredited)

Pedro Regas

Thief (uncredited)

Alex Romero

Dancer (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

Barber (uncredited)

Norman Willis

Guard (uncredited)

Harry Woods

Mongol Guard (uncredited)

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Trivia

The reason the plot of the fairy tale wasn't used for the movie may have had something to do with the fact that in the original fairy tale, there are some 42 murders; the first is Ali Baba's cousin, and the other 41 are those of the 40 thieves themselves and, later, their ringleader, who arrives at Ali Baba's disguised as a merchant and thirsting for revenge. He is the last of the Forty Thieves to die. The others die when, after smuggling themselves into Ali Baba's house in wine casks, boiling hot water is poured into each of the casks containing a bandit.

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Hulagu Khan was a real person--he was the brother of Kublai Khan, the conqueror of Asia, and the Mongol leader who conquered Iran and Baghdad, as shown in the movie. However, it's generally believed by most historians that he died of natural causes, not murder.

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The movie does not follow the plot of the original story except in the scene where the 40 thieves are stuffed in jars and then brought to the palace as a gift for the villain, Hulagu Khan.

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Goofs

When the thieves are singing as they return to the cave the camera is leading them. The tire tracks of the camera car are plainly visible in the sand in front of the horse's hooves.

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Quotes

Abdullah: For a man's country or his stomach he might bid his life; even for his horse. Never, never for a woman.

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