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CAPTAIN SINDBAD'S story is simple:21 year old German singer and dancer Heidi Bruhl plays the beautiful Princess Jana, who is about to be forced to marry the evil El Karim, who has seized control of the kingdom of Baristan from her father. The villain El Karim is played by sensational Mexican character actor Pedro Amandariz, who went on to play someone with a very similar name--Kerim Bey--the same year with Sean Connery in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.

CAPTAIN SINDBAD is supposed to be a b movie for kids, but there are some good adult scenes with Williams as Captain Sindbad, his German costar Heidi Bruhl as the Princess Jana, and Amandariz--especially an unusual dream sequence with Bruhl and Williams-- that make it an interesting romantic fantasy.

CAPTAIN SINDBAD'S music and choreography are terrific too, but the star of CAPTAIN SINDBAD is Guy Williams, better looking than Clark Gable, taller and more rugged than Tyrone Power, and unlike Sean Connery, American, and with a unique ability to use his v shaped torso, his beautiful hair, his height, his unbelievably handsome face, his mannerisms, and his distinct speech patterns to project himself as THE ULTIMATE LEADING MAN OF ACTION!!! When Guy Williams appears on screen for the first time in CAPTAIN SINDBAD, there's something about him that jumps out at the screen and says, "Everything's going to be all right!!!" He seems to convince Heidi Bruhl, too, because in CAPTAIN SINDBAD she looks and acts as if she is really in love with Guy Williams!!! (And an interesting real life subplot is that the very next year, Heidi Bruhl married an American actor Brett Halsey, who looked very much like Guy Williams, and once even was in a 1950s movie with him!)

Director Byron Haskin also does a terrific job of showcasing Williams' strengths and covering his one physical flaw, the same flaw that kept Guy Williams from becoming Hollywood's #1 leading man, and the same flaw that keeps CAPTAIN SINDBAD from being a great movie, since we just don't get to see enough of Guy Williams, but even so, CAPTAIN SINDBAD IS GUY WILLIAMS AT HIS BEST!!!

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couldn't wait to get my copy sounded so good.... yuck yuck yuck I thought this video would be somewhat like the other Sinbad movies. If only some of the production money could have been spent on special effects, script and talent. Guy Williams was one of my favorite actors, must have needed the money. I can't imagine what he was thinking. what a stinker!!!!!

Fun filled Arabian Nights tale
This film was always a favourite of mine when it used to be shown on a regular basis as Saturday afternoon entertainment on local television. Filled as it is with great stunts, magic tricks (awesome it seemed for a boy growing up in the late 1960's!), great colour, romance, daring adventure, and some excellent swordplay, it was the ultimate adventure movie. Today although viewed with a more critical eye I still think it is an entertaining romp and there is much to admire in the overall production.

Made in 1963 when alot of film companies where moving to Europe for the lower production costs, "Captain Sindbad" was actually filmed in Bavaria, Germany and starred one of my favourite actors of the 1960's the great and underrated Guy Williams. Possessing all the right elements to play the legendary character based on the stories of Sinbad the sailor, such as good looks, athletic prowess, excellent sword fighting skills, Williams was perfect for the role and he gives his all to the performance raising the film above your average matinee fare. Guy Williams had just come out of performing in Disney's classic "Zorro" series where he perfected his sword play skills and was soon after this role destined to move into his most famous outing as Professor John Robinson on the classic 1960's Sci Fi series "Lost In Space". Always an excellent performer Williams was blessed with a strong masculine voice , great diction and a commanding presence on screen or TV.

"Captain Sinbad" tells your typical story of of daring do set in the far off mystical land of Baristan where Sinbad after some exciting seas adventures returns to find his beloved Princess Jana (the beautiful Heidi Bruhl) being forced to marry the evil El Kerim (a dastardly Pedro Armendariz)after he has deposed the Princess's father the reigning king. El Kerim has also forced the King's magician Galgo (Abraham Sofaer in a very comical performance) to do his bidding for him which includes trying to dispose of Sindbad and forcing the King to agree to give the Princess to him in marriage. After escaping capture and a certain death in the arena fighting a scary invisible monster Sindad and his crew of brave sailors work out a way to remove El Kerim from terrorizing the country. They learn that Galgo has been forced by magical means to place El Kerim's heart in a far off tower so that his mortal body is invulnerable and cannot be killed.. The real adventure of the film chronicles their journey to the tower to destroy the stored heart of El Kerim. Along the way they encounter many terrors and hardships including dangerous man eating swamps, fiery landscapes, multi headed monsters, and savage crocodiles. The story is finally concluded and ends happily when Sindbad confronts and kills El Kerim and then weds his beloved Princess Jana. The final duel between Sindbad and El Kerim performed in the lofty upper chamber of the tower is excellently staged and is among the best that Guy Williams ever performed.

Out of such nonsense as this nevertheless comes a great story and an entertaining hour and a half of viewing. Certainly by today's standards the special effects look on the primitive side but there are many compensations to the film in its beautiful costumes, grand sets, beautiful colour, and very attractive leads. Guy Williams absolutely makes the film and his energetic style of handling this role makes it very watchable. For an enjoyable trip back to a more innocent time and for an adventure filled with lots of excitement and romance grab your magic carpet and travel into the pages of the Arabian Nights and enjoy "Captain Sindbad".