Captain Sindbad is a 1963 film directed by Byron Haskin

Byron Haskin

Byron Conrad Haskin was an American film and television director. He was born in Portland, Oregon.He is remembered today for directing 1953's The War of the Worlds, one of many films where he teamed with producer George Pal. In his early career, he was a special effects artist, with a number of...

. It stars Guy Williams (Disney's Zorro) and Heidi Brühl

Heidi Brühl

Heidi Rosemarie Brühl was a German singer and actress who came to prominence as a young teenager and had a prolific career in film and television...

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Part of its plot is similar to the Russian legend of the evil Katschei. The villain, El Kerim, literally keeps his heart locked up in a chest inside a huge tower. Whoever wishes to kill him must climb that tower, overcome perils, and destroy the heart. Because of this, El Kerim is literally invulnerable to any person who does not know the secret of his heart.

Cast

• Guy Williams as Captain Sinbad
  Sinbad the Sailor
  Sinbad the Sailor is a fictional sailor from Basrah, living during the Abbasid Caliphate – the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin...
  
  
• Heidi Brühl
  Heidi Brühl
  Heidi Rosemarie Brühl was a German singer and actress who came to prominence as a young teenager and had a prolific career in film and television...
  
   as Princess Jana
• Pedro Armendáriz
  Pedro Armendáriz
  Pedro Armendáriz was a Mexican actor of the cinema of Mexico and Hollywood.-Early life:Born Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico to Pedro Armendáriz García-Conde and Adela Hastings . He was also the cousin of actress Gloria Marín...
  
   as El Kerim
• Abraham Sofaer
  Abraham Sofaer
  Abraham Sofaer was a stage actor of Burmese-Jewish descent who became a familiar supporting player on film and television in his later years. He was born in Rangoon, Burma...
  
   as Galgo
• Bernie Hamilton
  Bernie Hamilton
  Bernie Hamilton was an American actor.Hamilton was born in East Los Angeles and attended Oakland Technical High School, where he first became interested in acting. In films from 1950, he laboured in bit roles for years before getting noticed in the film One Potato, Two Potato , the story of an...
  
  as Quinius