Prisoners of the Casbah

1953
Approved
1h 18m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

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Turhan Bey, Gloria Grahame, and Cesar Romero in Prisoners of the Casbah (1953)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA low-born thief loves a Moroccan Princess. She must marry to escape death at the hands of her enemies. The groom is able to wed or cast away his bride simply by saying "I Marry You" or "I D... Tout lireA low-born thief loves a Moroccan Princess. She must marry to escape death at the hands of her enemies. The groom is able to wed or cast away his bride simply by saying "I Marry You" or "I Divorce You" three times.A low-born thief loves a Moroccan Princess. She must marry to escape death at the hands of her enemies. The groom is able to wed or cast away his bride simply by saying "I Marry You" or "I Divorce You" three times.

Director
- Richard L. Bare
Writers
- DeVallon Scott
- William Raynor
Stars

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

4,7/10

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Director
- Richard L. Bare
Writers
- DeVallon Scott
- William Raynor
Stars

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Rôles principaux25

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Gloria Grahame

Princess Nadja…

Cesar Romero

Firouz

Turhan Bey

Ahmed

Nestor Paiva

Marouf

Paul Newlan

1st Thief
(as Paul E. Newlan)

Lucille Barkley

Soura

Philip Van Zandt

Selim

Frank Richards

2nd Thief

John Parrish

3rd Thief

Wade Crosby

Yagoub

Gloria Saunders

Zeida

Eddie Fields

Abdullah
(as Eddy Fields)

Baynes Barron

Guard
(uncredited)

Mimi Borrel

Slave Girl
(uncredited)

John Crawford

Guard
(uncredited)

Frank Ellis

Soldier
(uncredited)

William Fawcett

Snake Charmer
(uncredited)

Eddie Foster

Rashid
(uncredited)

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Anecdotes
This was Turhan Bey's last film until Healer (1994) 41 years later.

Citations
[first lines]
Narrator: The Casbah of old Algiers - that strange city within a city where the forces of law and order dare not penetrate. Refuge of thieves and murderers on whose gates might well be carved, as on the gates of another place, "Abandon hope all ye who enter here." And yet one of those who entered here - much against her will - was a beautiful princess, daughter of the ruler of Algiers.

Connexions
Referenced in Fous à Tuer (1986)

Commentaires des utilisateurs4

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One more One Thousand and One Nights Tale

Well, let's not forget that's also one more Sam Katzman production. The (IN)FAMOUS Sam Katzman, who haunted Columbia Studios for many years, with his cheap movies. This one is colorful, watchable, bearable and not as disappointing as other productions from this era. I don't understand what the mighty Gloria Grahame did in that film. Perhaps she opened the wrong studio entrance. Gloria Grahame who electrified the audiences in Fritz Lang's Big Heat, and the very same year !!!

Sam Katzman was only the producer, and the interesting Richard Bare the director. As far as I know, he did not work with Katzman on another picture. But perhaps I am wrong. I'll check. Katzman was the owner of this one indeed. Technicians are always the same, when you watch the credits, including the music score artist: Mischa Bakalaneikoff...who performed on almost all Sam Katzman films. Perhpas all of them. And not only Katzman ones.

Back to Prisoners of the Casbah, it takes place in Algiers, but it could have been Bagdad or Damascus. Who cares?...

Katzman has done better - Siren of Bagdad and Serpent of the Nile, with a surprising ending - but Universal productions starring Jon Hall and Maria Montez were a thousand times better. No comparison. Even if this one is - I repeat - not charmless.

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