Monday, October 19, 2020

By the Gods!

Leo Valeriano, Gigi Bonos, and Robert Malcolm in SINBAD & THE CALIPH OF BAGHDAD (1973)

I have so many copies of this movies, it's unreal. And yet finding the perfect one is nearly impossible. Above is a copy in widescreen. Below is another copy I got from a great source. The clarity of the image is better but it's not in widescreen. There is a widescreen version and in English on Youtube but the channel is a scummy one so I won't link to it.

This was Pietro Francisci's last movie. For those who don't know, Pietro directed HERCULES (1958) which started the whole PEPLUM explosion. I like it but some might not. Robert Malcolm makes for an interesting Sinbad, different than all others. Robert made just a couple of movies and disappeared from the face of the earth, like so many other PEPLUM stars. I've read on some forum that he's married and lives in Florida.



1 comment:

  1. Scott OchiltreeOctober 20, 2020 at 12:38 AM

    In my view this is a very disappointing Sinbad movie. It is a confusing mixture of comedy and action. Much of the time Sinbad is not a captain on his own ship. Also, a Sinbad movie should have some scary monsters.

    The classic Sinbad movies remain SINBAD THE SAILOR, THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD, and THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD.

    Second tier Sinbad movies are SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER and CAPTAIN SINDBAD.

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