Paulette Goddard

Gypsy Rose Lee

Carmen Sevilla

Rafael Durán

John Boles

Richard Ney

José Calvo

Christopher Lee

Sebastian Cabot

Julia Lajos

Thomas Gallagher

MacDonald Parke

Natalie Benesh

Hugh Dempster

Peter Bathurst

Maruja Coral

María del Amor

Laura Donoso

Luis Induni

Carmen Mercader

Maruja Pagán

Rosa Palomar

Luis Pérez de León

Pilar Pérez Rivón

José Manuel Pinillos

Antonio Riquelme

Juny Orly

Marisol Trigo

Sheila Connolly

Edgar G. Ulmer

Edward J. Danziger

Joe Ansen

Felix E. Feist

Harry Lee Danziger

Enrique Bronchalo

Juan Frexe

Daniel Aragonés

Antonio Pujol

Jerónimo Mihura

Jack E. Cox

José Luis Pérez de Rozas

Comedy

Babes in Bagdad

Orphea Film

Danziger Productions Ltd.

Spain

United States of America

United Kingdom

CinemaSerf

Now I always thought that a "Kadi" was a fellow who carried golf clubs, but no - it appears he is a man in Bagdad who has an harem of beautiful women. It's all going swimmingly for "Hassan" (John Boles) until the arrival of the disruptive "Kyra" (Paulette Goddard) who is abhorred by the way the women are treated and takes the unheard of step of complaining to the Caliph himself (MacDonald Parke). To add to his miseries, his ungrateful wretch of a godson - "Ezar" (Richard Ney) - proposes a wager that could indicate that women are every bit the equal of men - and he drags in the wily "Zohara" (Gypsy Rose Lee) to prove his point. What now ensues are a series of standard "Arabian Nights" style escapades with lots of veils, flowing dresses, and mischief as the poor old men are continually hoodwinked by their far more savvy antagonists. It's quite a breezy film with little effort made by anyone to enhance the rather basic look of it all. Wobbly sound stage sets and some truly wooden acting help to deliver the completely forgettable dialogue that passes eighty minutes before it ends and you forget all about it. It's not terrible, it's just a very light-weight attempt at comedy that has long since lost any punch it ever actually had.

English