The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

Sinbad’s love of shiny trinkets and curvy women land him in hot (sea) water once more. There’s also an evil magician to contend with (Tom Baker).
Despite having a new actor in the role of Sinbad (John Phillip Law), a new director (Gordon Hessler), and a new composer (Miklós Rózsa) the second adventure is unmistakably Sinbad-ish. The colourful Arabian imagery, the theatrics, the derring-do of the characters and the amazing stop-motion creatures of Ray Harryhausen mean it’s faithful to the previous film in every way. You don’t need to have watched the previous film (The 7th Voyage (1958)) prior to Golden Voyage, because they’re both standalone stories.

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