Thief of Damascus

Thief of Damascus
Original film poster
Directed by	Will Jason
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Written by	Robert E. Kent
Starring	Paul Henreid John Sutton Jeff Donnell Lon Chaney Jr.
Music by	John Leipold
Cinematography	Ellis W. Carter
Edited by	William A. Lyon
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures Corporation
Release dates	April 1952 (1952-04)
Running time	78 min.
Language	English

Thief of Damascus is a 1952 Arabian Nights comedy/adventure Technicolor film produced by Sam Katzman, directed by Will Jason, and starring Paul Henreid, John Sutton, Jeff Donnell.^[1] The film features a generous use of stock footage from such films as Joan of Arc. The film was preceded by The Magic Carpet and followed by Siren of Bagdad.

Synopsis

634 A.D.:Though General Amdar is able to win the Siege of Damascus for his ruler Khalid ibn al-Walid, he is made an enemy of the State. Amdar escapes and steals a scimitar made of Damascus steel. He leads an alliance of Sinbad without his ship, Aladdin without his lamp, Sheherazade, and Ali Baba and his 40 thieves to depose Khalid and win the heart of Princess Zafir.

Cast

As appearing in screen credits (main roles identified):^[2]

Actor	Role
Paul Henreid	Abu Amdar
John Sutton	Khalid
Jeff Donnell	Sheherazade
Lon Chaney Jr.	Sinbad
Elena Verdugo	Neela
Helen Gilbert	Princess Zafir
Robert Clary	Aladdin
Edward Colmans	Sultan Raudah
Nelson Leigh	Ben Jammal
Philip Van Zandt	Ali Baba

References

External links

Thief of Damascus at the Internet Movie Database
Thief of Damascus at the TCM Movie Database
Thief of Damascus at AllMovie
Thief of Damascus at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by John Rawlins

Lucky Ladies (1932)
Air Devils (1938)
Junior G-Men (1940)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
Sea Raiders (1941)
Torpedo Boat (1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Overland Mail (1942)
The Great Impersonation (1942)
Arabian Nights (1942)
We've Never Been Licked (1943)
Sudan (1945)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
Fort Defiance (1951)
Shark River (1953)
Lost Lagoon (1958)

Films produced by Sam Katzman

1930s	Hot Off the Press (1935) Bars of Hate (1935) Alias John Law (1935) The Fighting Coward (1935) Danger Ahead (1935) The Phantom of the Range (1936) Shadow of Chinatown (1936) The Rogues Tavern (1936) Taming the Wild (1936) Rio Grande Romance (1936) Kelly of the Secret Service (1936) Put on the Spot (1936) Two Minutes to Play (1936) Silks and Saddles (1936) Amateur Crook (1937) Orphan of the Pecos (1937) Brothers of the West (1937) Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) Lost Ranch (1937) Flying Fists (1937) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937) Million Dollar Racket (1937) Sky Racket (1937) Mystery Range (1937) Feud of the Trail (1937) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937) Six-Gun Trail (1938) Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938) Texas Wildcats (1939) Code of the Cactus (1939) Outlaws' Paradise (1939) Trigger Fingers (1939) The Fighting Renegade (1939) Straight Shooter (1939)

1940s	East Side Kids (1940) Boys of the City (1940) That Gang of Mine (1940) Pride of the Bowery (1940) Flying Wild (1941) Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941) Spooks Run Wild (1941) Invisible Ghost (1941) Zis Boom Bah (1941) Mr. Wise Guy (1942) Let's Get Tough! (1942) Smart Alecks (1942) 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942) Kid Dynamite (1942) Bowery at Midnight (1942) Black Dragons (1942) The Corpse Vanishes (1942) The Ape Man (1943) Clancy Street Boys (1943) Ghosts on the Loose (1943) Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943) Spotlight Scandals (1943) Million Dollar Kid (1944) Follow the Leader (1944) Block Busters (1944) Bowery Champs (1944) Crazy Knights (1944) Voodoo Man (1944) Three of a Kind (1944) Return of the Ape Man (1944) Docks of New York (1945) Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945) Come Out Fighting (1945) Trouble Chasers (1945) Junior Prom (1946) Hop Harrigan America's Ace of the Airways (1946) Freddie Steps Out (1946) High School Hero (1946) Betty Co-Ed (1946) Vacation Days (1947) The Vigilante (1947) Little Miss Broadway (1947) Last of the Redmen (1947) Sweet Genevieve (1947) Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947) Jungle Jim (1948) Racing Luck (1948) Congo Bill (1948) I Surrender Dear (1948) Triple Threat (1948) Tex Granger (1948) Mary Lou (1948) Glamour Girl (1948) The Prince of Thieves (1948) The Lost Tribe (1949) Chinatown at Midnight (1949) Barbary Pirate (1949) The Mutineers (1940) Manhattan Angel (1949)

1950s	State Penitentiary (1950) Revenue Agent (1950) Pygmy Island (1950) Last of the Buccaneers (1950) Chain Gang (1950) Captive Girl (1950) Tyrant of the Sea (1950) Mark of the Gorilla (1950) Captain Video (1951) The Magic Carpet (1951) Hurricane Island (1951) When the Redskins Rode (1951) Purple Heart Diary (1951) A Yank in Korea (1951) Fury of the Congo (1951) Jungle Manhunt (1951) Last Train from Bombay (1952) Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom (1952) King of Congo (1952) A Yank in Indo-China (1952) Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952) The Golden Hawk (1952) Brave Warrior (1952) California Conquest (1952) Voodoo Tiger (1952) Thief of Damascus (1952) The Pathfinder (1952) Slaves of Babylon (1953) Prisoners of the Casbah (1953) Valley of Head Hunters (1953) Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) Savage Mutiny (1953) Target Hong Kong (1953) Last of the Redskins (1953) Flame of Calcutta (1953) Serpent of the Nile (1953) Siren of Bagdad (1953) Sky Commando (1953) Killer Ape (1953) Conquest of Cochise (1953) Prince of Pirates (1953) The 49th Man (1953) Mission Over Korea (1953) Fort Ti (1953) Masterson of Kansas (1954) The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954) The Saracen Blade (1954) Jungle Man-Eaters (1954) Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954) The Iron Glove (1954) Charge of the Lancers (1954) Drums of Tahiti (1954) The Miami Story (1954) The Battle of Rogue River (1954) Cannibal Attack (1954) Jungle Moon Men (1955) Devil Goddess (1955) The Gun That Won the West (1955) New Orleans Uncensored (1955) Chicago Syndicate (1955) The Crooked Web (1955) Inside Detroit (1955) Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955) Duel on the Mississippi (1955) The Gun That Won the West (1955) Adventures of Captain Africa, Mighty Jungle Avenger! (1955) Seminole Uprising (1955) Pirates of Tripoli (1955) The Houston Story (1956) Miami Exposé (1956) Blackjack Ketchum, Depserado (1956) Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) Rumble on the Docks (1956) The Werewolf (1956) The Man Who Turned to Stone (1956) Uranium Boom (1956) Rock Around the Clock (1956) Utah Blaine (1957) The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957) Calypso Heat Wave (1957) Don't Knock the Rock (1957) The Giant Claw (1957) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) The Night the World Exploded (1957) Escape from San Quentin (1957) The Tijuana Story (1957) The World Was His Jury (1958) Going Steady (1958) Crash Landing (1958) Life Beings at 17 (1958) The Last Blitzkrieg (1959) Juke Box Rhythm (1959) The Flying Fontaines (1959) Lock Up Your Daughters (1959)

1960s	The Enemy General (1960) The Wizard of Baghdad (1960) Tallahassee 7000 (1961) (TV series) Twist Around the Clock (1961) Don't Knock the Twist (1961) Pirates of Tortuga (1961) The Wizard of Baghdad (1961) The Wild Westerners (1962) Hootenanny Hoot (1963) Get Yourself a College Girl (1964) Kissin' Cousins (1964) Your Cheatin' Heart (1964) Harum Scarum (1965) When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965) Hold On! (1966) Hot Rods to Hell (1967) Riot on Sunset Strip (1967) The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967) The Love-Ins (1967) For Singles Only (1968) A Time to Sing (1968) The Young Runaways (1968)

Serials	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937) Who's Guilty? (1945) Jungle Raiders (1945) Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) Chick Carter, Detective (1946) Son of the Guardsman (1946) Jack Armstrong (1947) The Sea Hound (1947) Brick Bradford (1947) Superman (1948) The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) Batman and Robin (1949) Bruce Gentry (1949) Pirates of the High Seas (1950) Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Cody of the Pony Express (1950) The Mysterious Island (1951) Roar of the Iron Horse (1951) Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) The Lost Planet (1953) Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954) Perils of the Wilderness (1956) Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)

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