The Prince Who Was a Thief
| The Prince Who Was a Thief | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rudolph Mate |
| Written by | Gerald Drayson Adams Aeneas MacKenzie |
| Based on | story by Theodore Dreiser |
| Produced by | Leonard Goldstein |
| Starring | Tony Curtis Piper Laurie Everett Sloane |
| Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
| Edited by | Edward Curtiss |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,475,000 (US rentals)[1] |
The Prince Who Was a Thief is a 1951 swashbuckler film starring Tony Curtis. It was his first film as a star.
Plot[]
An assassin (Everett Sloane) is sent to kill a baby prince, but cannot go through with it. He decides to raise the child as his own, and he grows up to be a thief (Tony Curtis).
Apocryphal line[]
Life magazine attributed the apocryphal line, "Yonduh lies de castle of de caliph, my fadder" to Curtis in this film.[2]
Cast[]
- Tony Curtis as Julna / Hussein
- Piper Laurie as Tina
- Everett Sloane as Yussef
- Jeff Corey as Mokar
- Betty Garde as Mirza
- Marvin Miller as Hakar
- Peggie Castle as Princess Yasmin
- Donald Randolph as Mustapha
- Nita Bieber as Cahuena
- as Dancer
- Hayden Rorke as Basra
- Midge Ware as Sari
References[]
- ^ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1951", Variety, January 2, 1952
- ^ "Beeyoody-ful Life of a Movie Caliph". Life. November 17, 1961. p. 170.
External links[]
- The Prince Who Was a Thief at IMDb
- The Prince Who Was a Thief at TCMDB
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- 1951 films
- English-language films
- American films
- American swashbuckler films
- 1951 adventure films
- Films set in Tangier
- Films set in the 8th century
- Universal Pictures films
- Films scored by Hans J. Salter
- American adventure films
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