AdventureFantasy

The Golden Blade

- His Blade Of Gold... A Legend In Battle! Her Kiss Of Surrender... The Prize Of Victory!

Basra merchant Harun Al-Rashid avenges his father's murder in this adventure set in ancient Bagdad and inspired from the Arabic fairy tales of One Thousand and One Nights.

Release Date : 1953-08-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal International Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Harun

Original Name : Rock Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Khairuzan

Original Name : Piper Laurie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Captain Hadi

Original Name : Gene Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jafar

Original Name : George Macready

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bakhamra

Original Name : Kathleen Hughes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Barcus

Original Name : Steven Geray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caliph

Original Name : Edgar Barrier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Handmaiden

Original Name : Alice Kelley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Town Crier (uncredited)

Original Name : Guy Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Dorinda Clifton

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Jack Baston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Narrator (voice)

Original Name : Richard Carlson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Martin Cichy

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Virginia Eiler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Handmaid

Original Name : Anita Ekberg

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Roy Engel

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Frederic Berest

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Fred Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Chuck Hamilton

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ramsay Hill

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Charles Horvath

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Renate Hoy

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Dayton Lummis

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Olga Lunick

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Sydney Mason

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Merrill McCormick

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Tina Menard

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Harry Mendoza

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bill Radovich

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Victor Romito

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : John Roy

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : David Sharpe

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Mickey Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ellinor Vanderveer

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Dennis Weaver

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-25

This is a tale that comes straight from the "Arabian Nights" compendium. The son "Harum" (Rock Hudson) out to avenge his father murdered at the hands of the evil "Jafar" (George Macready). He must travel to Baghdad where he encounters a feisty young woman "Khairuzan" (Piper Laurie) who is secretly the daughter of the city's caliph - a man also in danger from the menacing ambitions of "Jafar". Luckily, she has a magical golden sword that she gives him to wield. He is invincible! Well he is until someone hits on the idea of swapping his sword for a less effective fake - and soon "Harum" is in a dungeon! Can he escape and save the Caliph and get the girl? Rock Hudson never really cut it for me. Easy enough on the eye, but his characterisations rarely differed from role to role and here he just doesn't really gel with the more charismatic Laurie at all. Plaudits do go to Macready, though - he hams up perfectly as the silken-clad, megalomanic, tyrant. There's plenty of lavish costumes, colour, sword-fighting and at times it's actually quite an entertaining adventure that I did quite enjoy.