A Thousand and One Nights

Jul 20, 1945

1h 33m

★ 5.8

THE TECHNICOLOR STORY OF ALADDIN and his wonderful VAMP!

Overview

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.

Genres

Adventure

Comedy

Fantasy

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

A Thousand and One Nights Trailers

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Cast

Babs The Genie

Evelyn Keyes

Abdullah

Phil Silvers

Princess Armina

Adele Jergens

Aladdin

Cornel Wilde

Novira

Dusty Anderson

Sultan Kamar Al-Kir / Prince Hadji

Dennis Hoey

Grand Wazir AbuHassan

Philip Van Zandt

Jafar

Gus Schilling

Kahim

Nestor Paiva

Giant

Rex Ingram

Kofir

Richard Hale

Ali

John Abbott

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