A Thousand and One Nights (film)
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| A Thousand and One Nights | |
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| Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
| Written by | Wilfred H. Petitt (story and screenplay) Richard English Jack Henley |
| Starring | Cornel Wilde Evelyn Keyes Phil Silvers Adele Jurgens |
| Release date(s) | July 20, 1945 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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A Thousand and One Nights (1945) is a tongue-in-cheek Technicolor fantasy film set in the Bagdad of the One Thousand and One Nights, starring Cornel Wilde as Aladdin, Evelyn Keyes as the genie of the magic lamp, Phil Silvers as Aladdin's larcenous sidekick, and Adele Jurgens as the princess Aladdin loves.
It was nominated for two Academy Awards, for Art Direction, Color and Special Effects.
[edit] Cast
- Cornel Wilde as Aladdin
- Evelyn Keyes as the Genie
- Phil Silvers as Abdullah
- Adele Jurgens as Princess Armina
- Dusty Anderson as Novira
- Dennis Hoey as Sultan Kamar Al-Kir and his evil twin brother, Prince Hadji
- Philip Van Zandt as Grand Wazir Abu-Hassan
- Richard Hale as Kofir
- Gus Schilling as Jafar
- Nestor Paiva as Kahim
- Rex Ingram as a giant. Ingram had earlier played the genie in the similarly-themed 1940 The Thief of Bagdad.
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