
The Black Coin
1936


“A slave in the Palace of 1000 Delights !”
7 votes
A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.
Director
Frederick de CordovaStatus
Released
Original Language
English
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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 int…
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