Captain Sindbad
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| Directed by | Byron Haskin |
| Produced by | Frank King Herman King |
| Written by | Samuel B. West Harry Relis |
| Starring |
Guy Williams Heidi Brühl Pedro Armendáriz Abraham Sofaer Henry Brandon |
| Music by | Michel Michelet |
| Cinematography |
Günter Senftleben Eugen Schüfftan |
| Edited by | Robert Swink |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Release date
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June 19, 1963 |
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Running time
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85 min. |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,500,000 (US/ Canada) |
Captain Sindbad is a 1963 independently made fantasy adventure film, produced by Frank King and Herman King (King Brothers Productions), directed by Byron Haskin, that was filmed in the Bavaria studios in Germany. The film was distributed by MGM and stars Guy Williams (Disney's Zorro and future Lost in Space star) and Heidi Brühl.
The script was rewritten by Guy Endore, then rewritten again by co-producer Frank King a week before filming in order to reduce production expenses; the film was then reedited prior to release. Haskin also did some of the film's special effects shot sequences for a television pilot of the film for MGM Television, but no network picked it up.
Once upon a time, the peaceful kingdom of Baristan has an evil ruler named El Kerim. He plans to capture his rival, Sindbad, who will soon return from sea in order to marry Princess Jana. The Princess convinces the magician Galgo to turn her into a small bird, so that she may fly off to warn Sinbad of the trap set against him. She flies off just as Galgo is discovered by the guards, who take him to El Kerim. As Sindbad and his crew sail towards Baristan, the Princess-Firebird descends and lands on the ship.
Before she can deliver the message, El Kerim transforms the guards into giant human falcons, in order to drop rocks onto Sindbad's ship sinking it. However, Sindbad and some of his crew have survived, and they carefully make their way to shore. Galgo makes his arm stretch out to an enormous length, long enough to grab El Kerim's magic ring, but the evil king wakes up in time to burn Galgo's hand.
Sindbad manages to get arrested, and soon appears before the dictator as a petty thief. El Kerim is not fooled, and knows that the man standing before him is the Princess' suitor; he orders him executed. Sindbad, however, breaks free of his ropes and challenges the ruler. Sindbad stabs the King in the heart with a sword, but as El Kerim has no heart and cannot be killed. El Kerim plans to put Sindbad to death the next day in the public arena.
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