Siren of Bagdad (1953)
- Directed by
- Richard Quine
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 6 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 traveling magician in medieval Iraq tries to rescue his dancing girls from slavery. He teams up with a woman who wants to overthrow a corrupt vizier, and his sidekick uses magic to turn into a blonde woman with a funny voice.
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What happens
Siren of Bagdad is a 1953 Technicolor fantasy adventure film produced by Sam Katzman and directed by Richard Quine set in the medieval Iraq. It stars Paul Henreid as a travelling Master magician who seeks to recover his troop of beautiful dancing girls who are to be sold into slavery. Patricia Medina portrays his love interest who seeks to overthrow the corrupt Grand Vizier with the magician's help. Hans Conried plays the sidekick to Quine's magician, who is transformed into a beautiful blonde woman who spies and distracts the Grand Vizier while retaining Conried's voice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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