Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
- Directed by
- Arthur Lubin
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 38 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young caliph's son escapes a massacre and grows up among thieves. He later leads a revolt against the Mongol invaders who killed his father.
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What happens
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is a 1944 American 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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