The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad

A MORNINGSIDE PRODUCTION
Distributed by COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION
US (1958): Fantasy, 87 minutes, Not Rated.
Technicolor

Synopsis

Adrift at sea with a nervous crew, legendary Captain Sinbad (Kerwin Mathews) steers his ship to the island of Colossa to search for food and water. On the island the crew encounters a giant cyclops who is pursuing the magician, Sokurah (Torin Thatcher) carrying a magic lamp. Coming the the aide of the the Sokurah, Sinbad rescues him in time for the magician to use a magic lamb to build a barrier between the Cyclops and fleeing sailors. Once back on the ship Sinbad heads towards Bagdad with the Princess Parisa of Chandra where wedding plans are to be made for them. His wedding will unite two kingdoms who once struggled at war.

At a feast where the rulers of the two kingdoms meet to solidify their Kingdoms, Sokurah is called upon for entertainment. Sokurah desires to return to his island, the home of the cyclops, but Bagdad's Caliph will not sanction a ship or crew based on Sinbad's warnings. Sokurah plans to marvel the Sultan into granting his request. Enlisting the assistance of the Princess Parisa's maiden in mating, Sardi, Sokurah transforms her into a Stunning serpent woman. The transformation is not enough to persuade the Caliph to grant Sokurah's voyage so the evil magician sends a prophecy of doom to and war between the two kingdoms.

It is a prophecy that Sokurah plans to ensure himself by transforming the Princess into a tiny figure of a few inches. The Sultan of Chandra, the Princess' father, vows the destruction of Bagdad as Sinbad hurries to find Sokurah. Sokurah guarantees that he can restore the princess but only by returning the his island and obtaining the egg shell of the Roc, a giant two-headed bird. Enlisting the help of his bravest crew and recruiting others from the Caliphs prisons, Sinbad sets sail for Colossa.

Enroute to the island, the prisoners have decided to mutiny rather than face the dangers of Colossa. The ship is taken and Sinbad, Harufa (Sinbad's first mate) and Sokurah are taken prisoner. Sokurah forewarned impending doom unless they are freed. His prophecy is laughed at until a storm breaks out at sea and the ship heads for an island inhabited by screaming demons who lure ships' screws to madness as their ships crash against the ragged shoreline. Sinbad, Harufa and Sokura have saved themselves from the maddening screams by sealing their ears with wax and rags. The ships prisoners are freed as the leader of the mutineers falls to his deaths from the ships crows nest.

Arriving at the island the crew breaks into three groups. One group stays behind to assemble and man the giant crossbow Sokurah has designed to kill the Cyclops. Two other groups will travel across the Valley Of Cyclops and meet on the other side where they will climb the treacherous mountain to obtain the Roc eggshell. Sinbad leads one group and Sokurah leads the other. Sokurah deliberately steers Sinbad's group in the direction of the Cyclops lair, where the treasure and the magic lamp are stored. As Sokurah had hoped, Sinbad and his group are discovered by the Cyclops. The Cyclops captures the group and places them in a wooden prison while taking Harufa and attacking him to a giant spit, planning to have Harufa for supper. Sokurah arrives, but not to rescue Sinbad. He has come only for the magic lamp. Sinbad is forced to use the Princess who, because of her tiny stature can free them.

As Sokurah searches for the lamp the Cyclops hears him and turns to capture Sokurah. The distraction allows Sinbad to free Harufa. Sokurah drops the magic lamp while fleeing from the Cyclops as Sinbad both rescues him and retrieves the lamp. The Cyclops traps Sinbad and Sokurah in a crevice but Sinbad uses a torch to blind him and them leads him to a ledge where he causes the Cyclops to plummet to his death.

Continuing their journey to find the Roc egg, the sailors find an unhatched egg and break it open out of hunger. A young Roc chick emerges and the sailors kill it to eat. Sinbad tells the Princess of the magic lamp and of the egg shell. The Princess decides to go inside the lamp where she discovers the boy genie inside. The boy genie (Richard Eyer) informs her that his name is Baroni and tells her the words that summon him:

From The Land Beyond Beyond
From The Land Past Hope And Fear
I Bid You Genie Now Appear

Baroni also tells the princess of his longing to find adventure as a real boy and sailor like Captain Sinbad and that he has a Promise of Freedom. Taking her to another part of the lamp he unveils a lighted riddle/prophecy that reveals how he can become a real boy

When the big that is small
Shall again become tall
Into fiery rock
To rise you must fall.

The princess returns to tell Sinbad of what she has learned but the mother Roc of the sailors supper arrives. Sinbad tries to rescue his shipmates as Sokurah takes the tiny princess prisoner and heads back to his lair. The Mother Roc is defeated and Sinbad, using the information provided by Parisa, summons the genie who helps Sinbad find Parisa in Sokurah's underground castle.

Travelling through a cave to reach the castle's entrance, Sinbad encounters a Dragon who guard's Sokurah's domain. The Genie tells Sinbad how to secure the Dragon and make his way around the beast. Arriving at the Castle, Sokurah restores the princess but as Sinbad and Parisa attempt to escape, Sokurah summons a demonic skeleton to battle Sinbad with sword. After SInbad defeats the Skeleton, SInbad and Parisa attempt to escape by crossing a bridge in the cave that crosses a volcanic flow of molten rock. Sokurah destroys the bridge, but summoning the genie once again an escape route is secured. The princess remembers the genie's promise of freedom they toss the lamp into the molten rock knowing that the genie may provide their only real means of escape. As they flee the cave another Cyclops appears and chases them back into the tunnel. Freeing the Dragon, the Cyclops and the Dragon battle giving them enough time to escape. The Dragon kills the Cyclops and with Sokurah as his guide, chases Sinbad. The Dragon is destroyed by Sokurah's giant crossbow and upon the impact of the arrow, falls upon Sokurah, ending the magician's life.

Setting sail into the sunset Parisa remembers the genie and mentions his name as he appears as a real boy, promising to be Sinbad's best cabin boy and to prove his worth Baroni tells them that he has filled his cabin with the treasure of the Cyclops. When Sinbad tells the boy that he Will be his best cabin boy the genie replies "I shall try Captain, I shall try!"

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