Main Cast: Guy Williams, Heidi Bruhl, Pedro Armendáriz, Abraham Sofaer, Bernie Hamilton
Release Year: 1963
Country: US
Run Time: 85 minutes
Plot
Captain Sindbad was based on an Arabian Nights story, was filmed in Germany, and starred an American leading man (Guy Williams), a German leading lady (Heidi Bruhl) and a Mexican villain (Pedro Armendariz). How's that for cultural diversity? Anyway, the story involves Sindbad's (Williams) efforts to enter the impenetrable castle where the evil El Kerim's (Armendariz) heart is being kept. So long as his heart is outside his body, El Kerim is invulnerable, enabling him to be as wicked and despotic as he chooses. Sindbad comes to the rescue just seconds before the heroine (Bruhl) is about to be crushed to death by an elephant. Despite the mortality rate on both sides, Captain Sindbad is pure kiddie-matinee stuff, adroitly put together by director/cinematographer Byron (War of the Worlds) Haskin and boasting top-notch special effects. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Helmut Schneider - Bendar; Margaret Jahnen - Lady in Waiting; Rolf Wanka - The King; Walter Barnes - Rolf; James Dobson - Iffritch; Maurice Marsac - Ahmed; Henry Brandon - Col. Kabar; John Crawford - Aram; Geoffrey Toone - Mohar; Guy Doleman; Charles Fawcett; Fred Haggerty; Lawrence Montaigne; John Schapar - Dancer; Anna Luise Schubert - Dancer; Hans Schumm; Peter Brace; Joe Powell; Burr Jerger
Credit
Gene Reed - Choreography, Nathans of London - Costume Designer, H. Nathan - Costume Designer, Byron Haskin - Director, Robert Swink - Editor, Michel Michelet - Composer (Music Score), Gunther Senftleben - Cinematographer, Frank King - Producer, Herman King - Producer, Tom Howard - Special Effects, Augie Lohman - Special Effects, Lee Zavitz - Special Effects, Harry Relis - Screenwriter, Samuel B. West - Screenwriter
