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The Desert Hawk

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A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1950-08-05

Runtime: 77 mins

Director: Frederick de Cordova

Spoken language: English

Genres: Action, Adventure

Original title: The Desert Hawk

Production Companies: Universal International Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Princess Scheherazade

Yvonne De Carlo

Richard Greene

Jackie Gleason

George Macready

Rock Hudson

Carl Esmond

Joe Besser

Anne P. Kramer

Marc Lawrence

Lois Andrews

Frank Puglia

Lucille Barkley

Donald Randolph

Ian MacDonald

Reviews

Geronimo1967

A remarkably decent cast fail to enliven this rather verbose and dull Arabian Nights adventure based around the legendary character of "Scheherazade". This time she (Yvonne de Carlo) is the daughter of the Caliph who is tricked into marrying "Omar" (Richard Greene) in the belief that he is the Prince "Murad" (George Macready). Nobody is very impressed by this arrangement, the Princess demands the head of "Omar" and off we go on some colourful desert shenanigans during which the Princess realises that she might just have backed the wrong horse! Sadly, though, it is all just descends quickly into a routine sand and scimitar story as the men vie for her affections whilst pursuing wealth and power at the same time. It looks quite good, but the dialogue is pretty stilted and even with Jackie Gleason and a bit-part from Rock Hudson, it never really flows - indeed, much of the time it is just too meandering and lacklustre. Pity, though - better writing and direction could have made more of it.

2022-12-27

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