Sinbad the Sailor (1947 film)

Sinbad the Sailor
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Wallace
Screenplay byJohn Twist
Story byJohn Twist
George Worthing Yates
Produced byStephen Ames
StarringDouglas Fairbanks Jr.
Maureen O'Hara
Walter Slezak
Anthony Quinn
George Tobias
Mike Mazurki
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Edited byFrank Doyle
Music byRoy Webb
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures (USA)
Release date
  • January 13, 1947 (1947-01-13) (USA)[1]
Running time
116-118 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,459,000[1][2]
Box office$2.8 million (US rentals)[3]

Sinbad the Sailor is a 1947 American Technicolor fantasy film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Anthony Quinn and Mike Mazurki. It tells the tale of the eighth voyage of Sinbad in which he discovers the lost treasure of Alexander the Great.

  1. ^ a b c "Sinbad the Sailor: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  2. ^ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p217
  3. ^ "Top Grossers of 1947", Variety, 7 January 1948 p 63