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ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES

Directed by Chester M. Franklin, Sidney Franklin
United States, 1918
Fantasy
  • 5050 minutes

Synopsis

Ali Baba, a poor Turkish wood chopper, discovers that a robbers’ cave, concealed in the mountains that surround his house, opens to the magical phrase, “Open Sesame.” Learning that the cave is filled with stolen treasure, he takes home as much as he can carry.

Synopsis

Ali Baba, a poor Turkish wood chopper, discovers that a robbers’ cave, concealed in the mountains that surround his house, opens to the magical phrase, “Open Sesame.” Learning that the cave is filled with stolen treasure, he takes home as much as he can carry.