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Reviewed by sonoioio 6 / 10

Arranged (5.6)

Established by mutual agreement, even by third parties. Like the deceitful marriage between the two protagonists. The princesses, although against a marriage arranged by her father, is won over by the boldness and noble motivations of the deception. The disguise also serves to fight the tyrannical power of the prince, for the freedom of his starving people.Princess Scheherazade (Yvonne de Carlo) agrees to marry Prince Murad, arranged by the caliph, her father. In reality she marries the bandit Omar (Richard Greene), nicknamed the Desert hawk, accompanied by his attendant Aladdin (Jackie Gleason) and his gang. When the real Prince Murad (George McCready) arrives at the camp protected by the garrison of Captain Ras (Rock Hudson), he reveals the deception.Director Frederick de Cordova (6.0) gives a good adventurous pace to the film; the screenplay (6.0) is linear and fluid enough to flow quickly; from a technical point of view (5.5) one can appreciate Russel Metty's elegant photographic work; the acting (5.5) of the secondary roles is just sufficient, including Greene and Gleason, who work well within their comfort zone, while de Carlo's work in a complex and multifaceted role, an assertive and fascinating heroine, is more in-depth.Best moments: in the casbah you can find excellent deals, obviously knowing how to judge the merchandise well: "Strong hair, thick skull... well-shaped ear. Clean, without warts... Show me your teeth". A must-see for fans of cloak and dagger and exotic settings.

Reviewed by Sergiodave 6 / 10

Silly but fun

This is a fun movie starring Richard Greene, playing an outlaw helping his people in the Middle East who coincidentally years later would find his fame playing Robin Hood on TV. It's fun, Jackie Gleason and Joe Besser provide the laughs, it has beautiful damsels in distress and nasty villains, a good matinee movie. Amusingly this movie depicts Muslims 600 years before Mohammed, which is quite incredible.

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 5 / 10

The Desert Hawk

A remarkably decent cast fail to enliven this rather verbose and dull Arabian Nights adventure based around the legendary character of "Scheherazade". This time she (Yvonne de Carlo) is the daughter of the Caliph who is tricked into marrying "Omar" (Richard Greene) in the belief that he is the Prince "Murad" (George Macready). Nobody is very impressed by this arrangement, the Princess demands the head of "Omar" and off we go on some colourful desert shenanigans during which the Princess realises that she might just have backed the wrong horse! Sadly, though, it is all just descends quickly into a routine sand and scimitar story as the men vie for her affections whilst pursuing wealth and power at the same time. It looks quite good, but the dialogue is pretty stilted and even with Jackie Gleason and a bit-part from Rock Hudson, it never really flows - indeed, much of the time it is just too meandering and lacklustre. Pity, though - better writing and direction could have made more of it.

The Desert Hawk

1950

Action / Adventure / Romance

The Desert Hawk

1950

Action / Adventure / Romance

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Arranged (5.6)

Silly but fun

The Desert Hawk

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