The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Director:

Nathan Juran

Writer:

Ken Kolb (written by)

Release Date:

23 December 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Fantasy | Action | Adventure

Tagline:

8th Wonder of the Screen!

Plot:

When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.

Plot Keywords:

Princess | Island | Magic | Sinbad | Escape

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Kerwin Mathews	...	Sinbad
Kathryn Grant	...	Princess Parisa
Richard Eyer	...	Barani - the Genie
Torin Thatcher	...	Sokurah the Magician
Alec Mango	...	Caliph
Danny Green	...	Karim
Harold Kasket	...	Sultan
Alfred Brown	...	Harufa
Nana DeHerrera	...	Sadi (as Nana de Herrera)
Nino Falanga	...	Gaunt Sailor
Luis Guedes	...	Crewman
Virgilio Teixeira	...	Ali

Also Known As:

Sindbads 7. Reise (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Il 7° viaggio di Sinbad (Italy) [it]
Le septième voyage de Sinbad (France) [fr]
Simbad E a Princesa (Brazil) [pt]
Simbad y la princesa (Spain) [es]
Sinbad harikalar diyarinda (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Sinbads 7. rejse (Denmark) [da]
Sinbads tusen äventyr (Sweden) [sv]
Sindbadin uudet seikkailut (Finland) [fi]
Sindbads siebente Reise (West Germany) [de]
To 7o taxeidi tou Sevah tou Thalassinou (Greece) [el]
To 7o taxidi tou Sevah (Greece) (DVD title) [el]

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | UK:U | Australia:G | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Ireland:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:G (1975) | West Germany:12 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Caves of Arta, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Company:

Morningside Productions

Trivia:

This was the first feature using stop-motion animation effects to be completely shot in color.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sinbad knocks out the first mutinous sailor, the sailor's position changes.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Barani - the Genie: I shall try.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dennis Muren Interview (2006) (V)

Astonishing in my youth!

One of the nice things about being a little older is that I can remember the first time I saw movies like this and not think of them as schmaltzy or tacky. They were the state of the art in special effects (thanks to the likes of Ray Harreyhausen) and they were absolutely captivating. With computer generated creatures, we have gone so far beyond these things, but when I go to a Harry Potter movie or a Lord of the Rings movie (wonderful films), I look at the faces of the kids. There seems to be no wonderment at all. We have been fed such a constant diet that we don't look beyond the magic. This is a great story with wizards and heroes and mythical monsters and skeletons fighting. I know the Sinbad stories from the Arabian Nights and there is a lot of borrowing from every avenue of folklore and mythology. They really don't follow the book. But when I was in seventh grade, I couldn't care less. This is a quest and they made the getting there a real treat.