The Prince Who Was a Thief

The Prince Who Was a Thief
Directed by	Rudolph Mate
Screenplay by	Gerald Drayson Adams Aeneas MacKenzie
Based on	(Based upon the Story by) Theodore Dreiser
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Starring	Tony Curtis Piper Laurie
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Edited by	Edward Curtiss
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	June 29, 1951 (1951-06-29)(Detroit-Premiere) July 2, 1951 (1951-07-02)(New York City)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,475,000 (US rentals) [1]

The Prince Who Was a Thief is a 1951 American adventure film directed by Rudolph Mate and starring Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie. A technicolor swashbuckler, it was the first film Curtis featured in as a star. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Plot

In historic Tangiers, an assassin is sent to kill a baby prince, but cannot go through with it. He decides to raise the child as his own, and he grows up to be a thief.

Cast

• Tony Curtis as Julna
• Piper Laurie as Tina
• Everett Sloane as Yussef
• Jeff Corey as Mokar
• Betty Garde as Mirza
• Marvin Miller as Hakar
• Peggie Castle as Princess Yasmin
• Donald Randolph as Mustapha
• Nita Bieber as Cahuena
• Milada Mladova as Dancer
• Hayden Rorke as Basra
• Midge Ware as Sari
• Carol Varga as Beulah

Apocryphal line

Life magazine attributed the apocryphal line, "Yonduh lies de castle of de caliph, my fadder" to Curtis in this film. ^[2]

References

1. "The Top Box Office Hits of 1951", Variety, January 2, 1952
2. "Beeyoody-ful Life of a Movie Caliph". Life. November 17, 1961. p.  170.

External links

• The Prince Who Was a Thief at IMDb
• The Prince Who Was a Thief at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• The Prince Who Was a Thief at the TCM Movie Database