The Prince Who Was a Thief

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

The Prince Who Was a Thief
Directed byRudolph Mate
Written byGerald Drayson Adams
Aeneas MacKenzie
Based onstory by Theodore Dreiser
Produced byLeonard Goldstein
StarringTony Curtis
Piper Laurie
Everett Sloane
CinematographyIrving Glassberg
Edited byEdward Curtiss
Music byHans J. Salter
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal International Pictures
Release date
  • August 21, 1951 (1951-08-21)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,475,000 (US rentals)[1]

Plot

In historic Tangiers, an assassin (Everett Sloane) 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 (Tony Curtis).

Apocryphal line

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

Cast

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.


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