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      The Golden Blade

      1953 1h 21m Fantasy List
      Reviews 19% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score 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). Read More Read Less

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      Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl ...[The Golden Blades's ]portrayal of Arabic cultures is absolutely cringeworthy... Rated: 4/10 Dec 8, 2020 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An entertaining but standard Arabian Nights adventure tale. Rated: B- Jul 3, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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      ashley h 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. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member OK fifties technicolor sword n sandal film Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review kevin w More Hollywood "Arabian" nonsense, this time with Rock (born in Illinois) Hudson and Piper (born in Michigan) Laurie as a son and a daughter respectively of the endless shifting sands of the desert, where the blessings of Allah, the careless hand of Fate, and the fickle temptations of the heart weave their spell of awe and magic! There's horse chases, harem dancing (oolala!), and some borrowing of ye olde Arthurian legend here, and there's some fun too, despite the long ears on this donkey. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member 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/ Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member It looks lovely with the Technicolor but it's totally dopey. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      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
      Genre
      Fantasy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Aug 3, 2010
      Runtime
      1h 21m