The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is a fantasy movie released in 1974.  It stars John Phillip Law as Sinbad. It includes a score by composer Miklós Rózsa.  It is known mostly for the stop-motion effects by Ray Harryhausen. The movie is the second of three Sinbad movies that Harryhausen made for Columbia.  The others are The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977).

It won the first Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film.

Cast
 John Phillip Law as Sinbad, the main protagonist.
 Tom Baker as Koura, the main antagonist of the movie. (Christopher Lee was a front-runner to play Koura.) Baker's performance helped him get the lead role in the TV series Doctor Who, as the show's producers were impressed with his performance.
 Takis Emmanuel as Achmed. Emmanuel was dubbed by Robert Rietty.
 Caroline Munro as Margiana. Munro was well known at the time for being featured in advertisements for Lamb's Navy Rum.
 Douglas Wilmer as The Vizier
 Kurt Christian as Haroun
 Martin Shaw as Rachid
 Robert Shaw as the Oracle of All Knowledge (uncredited)

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Category:1974 fantasy movies
Category:British fantasy movies
Category:American fantasy movies
Category:Movies directed by Gordon Hessler