Yoko Tani Movies
Japanese actress Yoko Tani made several leading appearances in European and American films of the '50s and '60s. She could be seen as a Vietnamese in The Quiet American (1958), a Chinese in Marco Polo (1961), and a general hanger-on in the wake of womanizing Dean Martin in Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963). More attractive than talented, Yoko Tani had the distinction of starring in one of the few Communist-bloc science fiction films of the '60s. Ms. Tani appeared as medical doctor Sumiko Ogimura in the East German-Polish collaborative production First Spaceship on Venus (1962). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide- 1954
Fernandel is the somewhat over-aged Ali Baba in this astonishingly expensive Arabian Nights escapade. In this filmization of the old "Arabian Knights" tale, Ali Baba is a slave who is sent to fetch his master's latest wife (Samia Gamal). The horse-faced family retainer falls in love with the girl himself, and spends the rest of the film trying to be worthy of her. The last shot shows Ali Baba and a "few intimate friends" converging on the cave of the 40 thieves. In an incredible long shot, we discover that Ali's friends number in the tens of thousands! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Fernandel, Dieter Borsche, (more)
