Movie: "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"
| Release Date: | Jan 1944 |
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| Genres: | Adventure / Fantasy / Romance |
| Runtime: | 90 min. |
| Cast: | Maria Montez (Amara), 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) Scotty Beckett (Ali Baba as a Child) Yvette Duguay (Amara as a Girl) Noel Cravat (Mongol Captain) Jimmy Conlin (Little Thief) Harry Cording (Mahmoud) Richard Alexander (Mongol guard (as Dick Alexander)) 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)) 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)) Angelo Rossitto (Arab Dwarf (uncredited)) Charles Wagenheim (Barber (uncredited)) Norman Willis (Guard (uncredited)) Harry Woods (Mongol Guard (uncredited)) |
Storyline: After the conquest of the Arab caliphate of Bagdad by the unstoppable conqueror Hugalu Khan's devastating Mongol hordes, caliph Hassan is killed when Prince Cassim betrays him, hoping in vain to prevent a bloody revolt, but the legal heir Ali, a minor, escapes and finds the secret of Sesame, the magical desert cave of the forty robbers. When the band finds Ali and sees he has the imperial seal, their headman old Baba virtually adopts the brave boy under the name of Ali Baba; the next ten years they are the only true resistance against the Mongolian oppression. When they tempt to plunder the caravan which brings the tyrannical khan his beautiful bride Amara, daughter of prince Cassim -the present grand vizier-, who as child mixed her blood with Ali's, she -masquerading as her handmaiden- tricks Ali so Mongolian horse guards can capture him; he is delivered for public execution in Bagdad, even after Cassim sees his royal seal, but the other robbers free him and abduct Amara. Her loyal, patriotic servant Jamiel joins Ali and wins his trust for an alliance against the khan, demanding Cassim's life for hers; the princess has Ali's heart and is released on his orders anyway, even before she learns the truth about Ali and reconsiders her betrothal, Ali devises another ploy...
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