Sei in: Cinema e Medioevo ® Indice alfabetico dei film |
Il falco di Bagdad
(The Magic Carpet)
1951, regia di Lew Landers
Scheda:
Nazione: USA
- Produzione: The Katzman Corporation
- Distribuzione: CEIAD, Columbia Pictures, Columbia Film-Verleih - Soggetto: David
Mathews - Sceneggiatura: David Mathews - Fotografia: Ellis
W. Carter - Montaggio: Edwin Bryant -
Art Direction: Paul Palmentola - Costumi: Jean Louis - Musiche: Mischa
Bakaleinikoff -
Effetti speciali: Jack Erickson - Formato: Supercinecolor - Durata:
82'.
Cast:
Lucille
Ball, John Agar, Raymond Burr, Patricia Medina, George Tobias, Gregory Gaye,
Rick Vallin, Jo Gilbert, William Fawcett, Doretta Johnson, Linda Williams, Perry
Sheehan, Eileen Howe, Winona Smith, Minka Zorka.
Trama e commenti:
cinematografo.it
-
film.tv.it
-
it.movies.yahoo.com
-
ecodelcinema.com
-
grindhouse.it
-
mymoviews.it: «L'erede
di un trono conteso viene salvato da morte certa dalla madre e vola, grazie ad
un tappeto magico, presso la casa di un medico che lo cresce come un figlio.
Anni dopo conoscerą la veritą e riprenderą il posto che gli spetta».
Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb
-
allmovie.com
-
tcm.com
-
geocities.com/TelevisionCity
-
ashfaultsclassicmovies.com
-
answers.com
-
kipbrockman.com
-
alpacine.com
-
whosdatedwho.com
-
ftvdb.bfi.org.uk
-
scifilm.org:
«When a caliph is assassinated and a usurper takes his place at the throne,
the original heir to the throne is spirited away on a flying carpet. Years later,
the heir becomes a hero known as The Scarlet Falcon intent on removing the
usurper from the throne. This Arabian Nights epic never really gels; it either
takes itself too seriously or not seriously enough; it depends on whether you
consider the darker scenes (the torture sequence, the murder of the caliph and
his family) or the lighter scenes (the hiccups sequence in particular) to be the
ones that don't belong. At any rate, there wouldn't be much of interest to this
one if it weren't for the cast, but even the cast is a problem. John Agar does
all right with the action scenes (and he seems to be having fun with them) but
in the scenes where he's supposed to be charming and sexy (such as the scene
where the women of the harem flirt with him), he's humorously wooden. And
whatever her reputation as one of the greatest of television's comedic actresses,
Lucille Ball is so unconvincing as an Arabian Princess that she's a major
distraction; at least if she had been given the Patricia Medina role, she might
have had a little comic schtick to do. I just read a piece of trivia that said
that this movie was designed as a punishment to Lucille Ball for complaining
about the quality of the roles she was getting, and I find this quite believable.
Still, any movie in which Lucille Ball flirts with both John Agar and Raymond
Burr is one that's hard to ignore» (Dave Sindelar).
Approfondimenti: Movie
Review
Conosciuto anche con il titolo: La alfombra magica.