---
title: 'Arabian Nights (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Rawlins'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/arabian-nights-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034465/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Arabian Nights (1942)

1942 · 87 min · Adventure, Action · United States


## Synopsis

Arabian Nights is a 1942 American adventure film in Technicolor, directed by John Rawlins and starring Jon Hall, Maria Montez and Sabu. The film is derived from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights but owes more to the imagination of Universal Pictures than the original Arabian stories. Unlike The Thief of Bagdad (1940) and other films in the genre, it features no monsters or supernatural elements.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Rawlins](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-rawlins)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Hogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hogan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Frank Skinner](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-skinner)
- **Producer:** [Walter Wanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-wanger)
- **Director of Photography:** [W. Howard Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-howard-greene), [Milton Krasner](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-krasner)
- **Editor:** [Philip Cahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-cahn)

## Cast

- [Harry Cording](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cording)
- [Turhan Bey](https://cinepixo.com/people/turhan-bey)
- [Shemp Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/shemp-howard) as Sinbad the Sailor
- [Jon Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-hall) as Harun al-Rashid
- [Sabu Dastagir](https://cinepixo.com/people/sabu-dastagir)
- [Leif Erickson](https://cinepixo.com/people/leif-erickson)
- [Lane Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/lane-chandler)
- [Thomas Gomez](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-gomez)
- [Jeni Le Gon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeni-le-gon)
- [Robert Greig](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-greig)
- [Maria Montez](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-montez) as Scheherazade
- [Edgar Barrier](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-barrier)
- [Dick Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-lane)
- [Emory Parnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/emory-parnell)
- [Charles Pearce Coleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-pearce-coleman)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/arabian-nights-1942
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