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• Genre: Adventure
• Movie Type: Costume Adventure
• Themes: Treasure Hunts, Servants and Employers
• Director: Jacques Becker
• Main Cast: Fernandel, Dieter Borsche, Samia Gamal, Henri Vilbert
• Release Year: 1954
• Country: FR
• Run Time: 95 minutes

Plot

Fernandel is the somewhat over-aged Ali Baba in this astonishingly expensive Arabian Nights escapade. In this filmization of the old "Arabian Knights" tale, Ali Baba is a slave who is sent to fetch his master's latest wife (Samia Gamal). The horse-faced family retainer falls in love with the girl himself, and spends the rest of the film trying to be worthy of her. The last shot shows Ali Baba and a "few intimate friends" converging on the cave of the 40 thieves. In an incredible long shot, we discover that Ali's friends number in the tens of thousands! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Fernandel - Ali Baba
• Dieter Borsche - Abdel, bandit chief
• Samia Gamal
• Henri Vilbert - Cassim

Edmond Ardisson - Mendiant
Edouard Delmont - Pere de Morgiane
Yoko Tani
Leopoldo Frances
Julien Maffre - Mendiant

Credit

Jacques Becker - Director; Jacques Becker - Screenwriter; Robert Le Febvre - Cinematographer; Marc Maurette - First Assistant Director; Marc Maurette - Screenwriter; Paul Misraki - Composer (Music Score); Marguerite Renoir - Editor; Cesare Zavattini - Screenwriter; André Tabet - Dialogue Writer; Georges Wakhévitch - Costume Designer; Georges Wakhévitch - Production Designer; René G. Vuattoux - Production Manager; Pierre-Louis Calvet - Sound/Sound Designer