A Thousand and One Nights
A Thousand and One Nights is a 1945 tongue-in-cheek American adventure fantasy film set in the Baghdad of the One Thousand and One Nights, directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers, Adele Jergens and Cornel Wilde.
Plot
Vagabond singer Aladdin (Cornel Wilde) has his hands full keeping his pickpocket friend, Abdullah (Phil Silvers), out of trouble. Abdullah is thought mad as he claims to have been born 1200 years too early, speaks in 1940s slang and knows about television.
More details
| author | Richard English |
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| contentLocation | Baghdad |
| director | Alfred Edward Green |
| editor | Gene Havlick |
| genre | adventure comedy fantasy |
| keywords | beautiful princess end fence frank sinatra harem girl hide out laugh litter magic lamp sword fight the thief of bagdad twin brother wait wed |
| musicBy | Marlin Skiles |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Special Effects |
| producer | Samuel Bischoff |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |