Synopsis
Scimitars Clash in a Mighty Spectacle!
Genies help an Arabian bandit (Tab Hunter) locate a magic arrow he needs to claim heirship to the sultan's kingdom.
The Golden Arrow
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Tab Hunter Rossana Podestà Umberto Melnati Mario Feliciani Dominique Boschero Renato Baldini Giustino Durano Franco Scandurra Gloria Milland Renato Montalbano Rosario Borelli Calisto Calisti Abdel Moneim Ibrahim José Jaspe Gian Paolo Rosmino Claudio Scarchilli Ceco Zamurovich Omar Zolficar Gianni Di Segni Aldo Pini
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Alternative Titles
Der goldene Pfeil, La Flèche d'or, La flecha de oro, A Seta de Ouro, 黄金箭
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Theatrical
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Italy
01 May 1964
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USA
05 Jun 1964
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Finland
23 Jul 1965
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Portugal
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Finland
05 Jun 1964
- Theatrical
Italy
07 Sep 1962
- Theatrical
Portugal
23 Jul 1965
- Theatrical
USA
01 May 1964
- Theatrical
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You don't get much whiter than actor Tab Hunter so casting him in the role of an Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves knock-off already has your film starting on quite shaky ground, sadly, it gets worse.
To survive the role Tab Hunter tried to camp things up - which was a good decision as the script was chock full of every cliche imaginable - but the fact that he was horribly dubbed and the script was a derivative piece of Saturday matinee drivel, it was never going to end well.
This film fails to bring the fun swashbuckling adventure this type of story requires and the fantasy elements were not all that fantastic. Overall, The Golden Arrow is a forgettable genre entry and only notable for its strange casting decisions.
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Is this dumb? Yes? But is it really any dumber than the movies they make today? Also yes. Apart from your standard orientalist garbage, it's a mostly harmless bit of tosh. Boring and confusing for a while, but then it settles into a silly, over-the-top mode that works much better.
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American actor Tab Hunter stars in this Italian peplum film, but his speech has been dubbed by a voice actor familiar from many a Hercules movie. Hunter plays a bandit who kidnaps the princess of Damascus (Rossana Podestà) for ransom. He then naturally falls in love with her and must rescue her from others scheming for her throne. Like an Arabian Nights version of Clash of the Titans, the film contains fantasy elements, goddesses, and magical weapons. The tone is lighthearted, with three comical guardian genies sent by Allah to aid Hunter on his quest.
The special effects in this film are very ambitious and very terrible. The filmmakers really bit off more than they could chew in that department.…
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This script feels like it was written by a 5-year-old. If you decide to watch it, I hope you have a high tolerance for wacky sidekicks and cheap Arabian stereotypes. No wonder Tab Hunter looks like he's dissociating the whole time.
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Italian Peplum adventure with Tab Hunter twanging a golden arrow at things. He meets a princess, rides a horse and flies about on a magic carpet. Nice sets and daft gags from the director of LIGHTNING BOLT (1967).
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One of my favorite genres of films is White Men Somehow Being the Heir to Middle Eastern Thrones
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There is a severe disconnect among the actors, the story, the script, the mouth movements, and pretty much every directorial choice. Tab Hunter is the least Damascus denizen choice anyone could cast. Every new scene doesn't seem to share a common thread with the scene before other than the costumes, which are terrible. Tab's pointy blue boots are amazing. Tab has a loyal following, which doesn't exist two scenes later. The script did not help us understand why. It's like they shot scenes and then tried to figure out how they are related to each other. They spent a long time planning a kidnapping and then abandoned the plan. Tab hid from a guard before we see the guard. The…
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The Golden Arrow, or Tab Hunter: the Rick Dalton Years. This sugary, confectionery coloured Italian peplum film featuring a dubbed Tab Hunter is an absolute bore. From Hunter's memoir, it appears even the star found The Golden Arrow to be a humourless campy cash grab and it shows.
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1950s American heart-throb Tab Hunter must have needed a paycheck in 1962. He flew to Italy and made this bit of silliness about an Ali Baba style thief named Hassan, who is actually the heir to the throne of Damascus. With the help of three comedic genies who fall from the sky, he journeys around the desert, suffers a series of trials, rebuilds the ancient city of Thebes, defeats the evil vizier and three rival princes, finds "the golden arrow," and wins the hand of Jamila (Rossana Podesta), the most beautiful princess in the world!
Cheap special effects about flying carpets and flaming monsters might entertain very young children. Mr. Hunter's lackadaisical approach to the material makes this a thowaway film. For the curious only...
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For a movie this dumb, they sure did seem to put a lot into sets, costumes and maybe a little on locations.
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I wanted to see Tab Hunter ride a flying carpet and wellllll, that mission was accomplished. This movie was quite something (and I don’t mean that in a good way), at least the company was GRANDY.
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I watched this thinking it was my friends Blu-ray but instead it was just that the tv was tuned to TCM! In my defense I’m running on 3 hours of sleep & when I changed the input it said “SAMSUNG” followed by the universally known Blu-ray symbol, forgive me for thinking I had changed it to their Bluray player- not knowing it’s a combo with their cable box
None of that is to say anything about the movie- whaich was fine I guess if not a bit contrived