Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944 film)
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is a 1944 adventure film from Universal Pictures, directed by Arthur Lubin, and starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall, and Turhan Bey. The film is derived from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, but its storyline departs greatly from the folk tale of the same name, wedding that story to an actual historic event. The film is one of series of "exotic" tales released by Universal during the Second World War; others include Cobra Woman, Arabian Nights, and White Savage.[2]
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | |
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Directed by | Arthur Lubin |
Written by | Edmund Hartmann |
Produced by | Paul Malvern |
Starring | Jon Hall Maria Montez Andy Devine Kurt Katch Turhan Bey Frank Puglia |
Cinematography | W. Howard Greene George Robinson |
Edited by | Russell F. Schoengarth |
Music by | Edward Ward |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates | United States: January 14, 1944 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | 3,634,679 admissions (France)[1] |
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