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The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)

The Adventures of Hajji Baba poster
Directed by
Don Weis
Genre
adventure film, sword-and-sandal film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young barber in old Persia gets swept into a series of adventures. He tries to win a princess while escaping dangerous situations.

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What happens

The Adventures of Hajji Baba is a 1954 American CinemaScope adventure film directed by Don Weis and starring John Derek and Elaine Stewart. Made in Southern California, it was released on October 1, 1954. In the credits it states that the film is suggested by The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by James Justinian Morier (3 vols., London, 1824). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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