son of sinbad be a film that follow the old studio rule that when you have an expensive picture and build an expensive set and get some use out of it . any film fan will readily recognize the set that be use in the rko classic sinbad the sailor that star douglas fairbanks and jr. and maureen ohara . fairbanks have the style and dash to play the scimitar wield sinbad and lady man and teller of tall tale . i suspect sinbad also tell a lot of tale about the woman as well a the voyage in his life . but here we get poor dale robertson who must look back on this film with no amount of horror . but a he be work for howard hughes i be sure that robertson do not have to worry his paycheck wouldn not clear . in the citadel film series book and the film of vincent price both price and sally forrest who play one of the many woman in the cast both look back with amusement on the whole thing . price acknowledge that he ham up his part of omar khayyam to the hilt . the role do give the classically trained actor a chance to speak omar immortal line for the screen . the plot if you can call it involve sinbad and omar khayyam team up to save the caliph leon askin from the invade mongol horde of tamerlane . they also manage if you can believe to bring aladdin magic lamp and the amazonian descendant of ali baba forty thief . this be an errand for their life because askin already have robertson and price under a death sentence for some harem indiscretion . all this be an excuse for howard hughes to put in as many opportunity a he could to bring in as much leg and cleavage a he could pack on the screen at one time . at the drop of a gold dinar a harem dance number will occur and too bad the silly plot have to get in the way . the film be shoot in 1953 and wait two year for release and something not unheard of in the rko year of howard hughes . it await approval of the legion of decency which control the censorship of film . hughes apparently have to cut some of the more revealing scene before inflict this on the general public . son of sinbad get as high a rating a it do for the sheer campiness of the film . don not give this film one serious moment of view if you choose to watch it . apparently the player do not .