Product Details

• Actors: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Susan Cabot, William Reynolds, Hugh O'Brian
• Directors: Kurt Neumann
• Writers: Gerald Drayson Adams
• Producers: Leonard Goldstein, Ross Hunter
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302884799
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,669 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another Tony Curtis & Piper Laurie Movie..., October 12, 2005

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Shelby K. Irons "shelbystar" (Tucson, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Son of Ali Baba [VHS] (VHS Tape)

To the first reviewer on this site who thought Son of Ali Baba was the movie where Piper Laurie wiggled through the bars: The movie you are thinking of was called "The Prince Who Was a Thief" and it is a far better movie than this one. Unfortunately, it is a WB movie and still has not been released on DVD or even on VHS (legally) that I know of. If you ever can get a copy of it, this is the movie you were thinking of. It is one of my favorites.

4.0 out of 5 stars A tasy piece of Arabian Nights hokum, May 12, 2011

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This review is from: Son of Ali Baba [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Australia ] (DVD)

In a convoluted plot to discredit Ali Baba (Morris Ankrum) and get his fabled treasure, the Caliph (Victor Jory) forces a girl (Piper Laurie) to enter the house of Ali Baba's son (Tony Curtis) under false pretenses and a plot that looks like she was kidnapped but the Caliph didn't count on Laurie falling in lover with Curtis. This enjoyable piece of Arabian Nights hokum, directed by Kurt Neumann (THE FLY), is colorful and fun and doesn't take itself too seriously. Curtis handles a sword nicely and Laurie is gorgeous in Technicolor and at a brief running time of 75 minutes, it's just enough swashbuckling, jumping parapets, dancing girls and romance without wearing out its welcome. This is the film where the urban legend says Curtis spoke the immortal words, "Yonder lies the castle of my fadda" but in actuality, his diction is perfect and he says father not "fadda". The large cast includes Hugh O'Brian, William Reynolds, Harry Guardino, Susan Cabot, Gerald Mohr, Mara Corday, Katherine Warren and Ann Robinson.

The Bounty Classics DVD imported from Australia is a handsome Technicolor transfer in the appropriate 1.33 aspect ratio. Some of the longshots are a bit soft but most of the film is sharp and crisp.

5.0 out of 5 stars Tony Curtis, May 22, 2010

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moira branson "MC squared" (australia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Son of Ali Baba [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I love this old movie. Tony Curtis is young and good looking and it is movie of the old era. great costumes and the sword fights are great to watch.