Siren of Bagdad

Siren of Bagdad
Directed byRichard Quine
Written byRobert E. Kent
Larry Rhine
Produced bySam Katzman
StarringPaul Henreid
Patricia Medina
Hans Conried
CinematographyHenry Freulich
Edited byJerome Thoms
Music byJohn Leipold
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • May 20, 1953 (1953-05-20)
Running time
73 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Siren of Bagdad is a 1953 Technicolor fantasy adventure film produced by Sam Katzman and directed by Richard Quine set in the medieval Iraq. It stars Paul Henreid as a travelling Master magician who seeks to recover his troop of beautiful dancing girls who are to be sold into slavery. Patricia Medina portrays his love interest who seeks to overthrow the corrupt Grand Vizier with the magician's help. Hans Conried plays the sidekick to Quine's magician, who is transformed into a beautiful blonde woman who spies and distracts the Grand Vizier while retaining Conried's voice.