Main Cast: Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina, Hans Conried, Charlie Lung, Laurette Luez
Release Year: 1953
Country: US
Run Time: 77 minutes
Plot
Everyone involved with Siren of Bagdad decided early on that this adventure could never be taken seriously; thus it's played strictly for laughs, and actually earns a few. Paul Henried stars as an Arabian-Nights magician who becomes involved with a passel of harem girls and an usurping sultan. We know what to expect from the rest of the film when, in the very first scene, Henried burlesques his Now Voyager role by smoking two hookahs, then handing one to a lady friend ("Nine out of ten Arabian doctors recommend this brand"). As Henried's comic sidekick, Hans Conried is forced to deliver such lines as "Excuse me, sir; I know they haven't been invented yet, but have you got a match?" Hardly a gut-buster, Siren of Bagdad is fitfully amusing if you're willing to go along for the ride. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Anne Dore - Leda; George Keymas - Soradin; Vivian Mason - Beautiful Girl; Michael Fox - Telar; Karl (Killer) Davis - Morab; Carl Milletaire
Credit
Paul Palmentola - Art Director, Richard Quine - Director, Jerome Thoms - Editor, Henry Freulich - Cinematographer, Sam Katzman - Producer, Larry Rhine - Screenwriter, Robert Kent - Screenwriter
