Subtitle The Golden Blade Review

: The film explicitly borrows the "sword in the stone" motif, applying it to an Arabian Nights setting.

: The protagonist Harun is a fictionalised version of the historical Caliph Harun al-Rashid , though the film is purely fantasy. 📽️ Critical Perspective subtitle The Golden Blade

: Rock Hudson (Harun), Piper Laurie (Princess Khairuzan), and George Macready (Jafar) Production : Universal-International Setting : Ancient Baghdad 🗡️ Plot Summary : The film explicitly borrows the "sword in

: The sword makes its wielder invincible and invulnerable, but only in the hands of a "righteous" man. Piper Laurie (Princess Khairuzan)

: Rock Hudson plays the classic "fearless man of the people," while Piper Laurie’s Princess Khairuzan is an uncommonly feisty and proactive heroine for the 1950s.