The Prince who was a Thief
1951 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
In 13th-century Tangiers, regent Mustapha hires master thief Yussef to murder the baby Prince Hussein so Mustapha can take the throne in the infant's place. Yussef, too kind-hearted to kill the boy, instead adopts him and rears him as a peasant named Julna, with the mark of the rajah tattooed on his arm. Eighteen years later, Julna now reigns as the city's master thief and ladies' man, but becomes smitten by Prince Mustapha's beautiful and cunning daughter, Princess Yasmin. His romantic rival is the powerful Hedjah, Prince of Algiers, who is courting Yasmin with the renowned Pearl of Fatima.
Direction Rudolph Maté
Cast Tony Curtis · Piper Laurie · Marvin Miller · Everett Sloane · Nita Bieber · Betty Garde · Donald Randolph · Milada Mladova · Jeff Corey · Peggie Castle
Soundtrack Hans J. Salter
Screenplay Gerald Drayson Adams · Æneas MacKenzie · Theodore Dreiser
Cinematography Irving Glassberg
Original title The Prince who was a Thief
6.1
254 votes (FilmAffinity)
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