We all screamed in 1963 at the lovely Metro Cinema Bondi Junction Australia. Some things were unforgettable: the big thumping fist in a glove, the princess becoming a bird, and the 'jelly' heart in a box, pulsating away. I saw CAPTAIN SINDBAD in first release and was completely enchanted as an 8 year old. I just posted a review for THE MAGIC SWORD and could not resist coming here either. The reviews/comments listed here are hilarious, especially the one from Karadhe Kahn. I fear though that the hokeyness of the script will probably limit Captain Sindbad to the juvenile trade. The special effects are good, not DeMille or Harryhausen quality, but still good. I still like it somewhat, but I certainly was a lot younger in 1963. I remember seeing this in the theater when it first came out and liked it. Finding out the secret of Armendariz's invincibility and rescuing his princess from a fate worse than death is the sum and substance of the film. Armendariz is invincible, we see proof of that when Williams runs a scimitar through him and he doesn't flinch.
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Williams's greatest challenge was keeping a straight face through a lot of very hokey dialog which he does admirably. He certainly was a dashing Zorro for Walt Disney television.
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Captain Sindbad which appears to be a joint German-American production stars Guy Williams who if he had come along a decade earlier might well have inherited the mantle of Errol Flynn.
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He's got designs on the beautiful young princess, Heidi Bruhl both lustful and political. After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home to find a palace coup d'etat has occurred and his home city is being run by a brutal dictator played by Pedro Armendariz.