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The Golden Blade

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A hero (Rock Hudson) uses the magic sword of Damascus to free a Baghdad princess (Piper Laurie) from a grand vizier and his son (Gene Evans).

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Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl 12/08/2020
4/10
...[The Golden Blades's ]portrayal of Arabic cultures is absolutely cringeworthy... Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/03/2016
B-
An entertaining but standard Arabian Nights adventure tale. Go to Full Review
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ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 09/22/2020 The Golden Blade is a disappointing film. It is about a Basra merchant who avenges his father's murder. Rock Hudson and Piper Laurie give horrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. Nathan Juran did a terrible job directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture. See more 06/23/2020 To be honest, the acting is not great, but this still remains an exciting technicolor adventure film with an excellent cast including Universal International's new (at the time) radiant red-headed star Piper Laurie. And of course Rock Hudson, George Macready, and Gene Evans are featured, but unfortunately in "brown face". This movie also includes an uncredited appearance by a young Anita Ekberg! Her one bit of dialogue in the movie was actually dubbed due to the fact she couldn't yet speak good English. George Macready's acting in this films seems a little bit forced and overly passionate. Rock Hudson is great though, as he always was in these early adventure films Universal International put out during the 50's. See more 09/14/2016 OK fifties technicolor sword n sandal film See more 08/14/2014 Another great early-career performance from Piper Laurie. This was her second film with Rock Hudson. Looking back at her career, I realized she has worked with just about everybody who is considered 'elite' in old-school Hollywood. Can't wait to meet her, and hopefully ask her about it, at the 2014 Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Hunt Valley, Md., this September. http://midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com/ See more 12/23/2011 It looks lovely with the Technicolor but it's totally dopey. See more 06/04/2011 Very colorful nonsense is a fun ride but completely ridiculous. One of five films Rock did the year before he broke through to the top flight of stars and left this sort of fodder behind. Piper Laurie is beautiful and her clothes amazing, the fact that she was able to move beyond this kind of cinematic junk food and become an esteemed actress is a testament to her talent. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A hero (Rock Hudson) uses the magic sword of Damascus to free a Baghdad princess (Piper Laurie) from a grand vizier and his son (Gene Evans).
Director
Nathan Juran
Producer
Richard Wilson, Leonard Goldstein
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 3, 2010
Runtime
1h 21m