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Gigi Bonos, Leo Valeriano, and Robert Malcolm in SINBAD & THE CALIPH OF BAGHDAD (1973)

Pietro Francisci's last movie. Pietro directed HERCULES (1958), among other great PEPLUM films and this is his swan song. I like it even it's very politically incorrect. It's a comedy with some disturbing scenes. Pietro had a knack of finding interesting men for his lead roles and Robert Malcolm is no exception. Malcolm had a short career and disappeared from the face of the earth. I posted something about him on Facebook and his wife, who was on Facebook, replied that he was still alive and very healthy. That was years ago. For a big part of the movie, Malcolm wears barely nothing. It's a different Sinbad. Harryhausen's versions made people expect monsters but the Sinbad of old, with Douglas Fairbanks Jr and such had no monsters. Sinbad was an adventurer of the seven seas and this movie is more adult and raunchy than any previous version. The two actors with him are the most Annoying Sidekicks since the two Annoying Sidekicks in THE THREE AVENGERS (1964). This was released the same year as THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD.

I like the concept of a boat balloon. There's always something creative about Francisci's movies and the entire scene with them finding this contraption is fun, even with the Annoying Sidekicks.