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Directed by Antonio Margheriti Written by George Higgins III Cinematography Gábor Pogány Initial release 1962 Music director Mario Nascimbene Producer Goffredo Lombardo | 4.6/10 IMDb Produced by Goffredo Lombardo Music by Mario Nascimbene Edited by Mario Serandrei Director Antonio Margheriti Production company Titanus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Tab Hunter, Rossana Podestà, Dominique Boschero, Umberto Melnati, Mario Feliciani Similar Devil of the Desert Against th, City Under the Sea, Fury of the Pagans, The Fall of Rome, Mr Superinvisible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Golden Arrow (Italian: L'Arciere delle Mille e Una Notte, also known as La freccia d'oro), is a 1962 Italian adventure film directed by Antonio Margheriti.
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Plot
Damascus is governed by the fierce tyrant Baktiar, who will be forced to give up his throne once his daughter Jamila is married. As Jamila falls in love with the mysterious Hassan, Baktiar will try in every way to prevent their marriage.
Cast
Production
Hunter later recalled in his memoirs:
Not being able to speak Italian wasn't a drawback. The script of La Freccia d'Oro - my copy was the only one in English - featured page after page of truly horrendous dialogue....All I could think of was Tony Curtis in The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951): "Yonda lies da castle of my fadda." I spend every night in my hotel, rewriting my lines so I'd at least have fun delivering them. I camped it up shamelessly. Not that it mattered - all my dialogue was eventually dubbed by a stiff-as-a-board Italian baritone with no sense of humor. I ended up sounding like Rossano Brazzi. Disappointment over being stuck in a stinker was eased considerably by weekly infusions of cash, delivered personally by the production manager. I'd sign a voucher and he'd hand over a bundle of lire, some of the old notes as big as place mats.
Reception
According to the book Il grande cinema fantasy it is "a typical adventure B-movie, especially interesting for its fantasy elements, which is damaged by the presence of comic elements that do not bind enough with the rest." The film still gained recognition for sporting particularly elaborate sets and costumes.