Tony Randall's Harold Ventimore releases a genie who had been bottled up in a huge vase for 1,600 years. Burl Ives is the genie, Fakrash Al-Amash. And, he doesn't limit his new master to just three wishes. He will do anything for the one who freed him from captivity. Before it's all over with, Harold will make quite an impression on his fiancé, Barbara Eden's Sylvia Kenton. Her parents - dad especially, Prof. Anthony Kenton, played by Edward Andrews, will think Harold belongs in a nut house.
Well, Fakrash seems to be having fun conjuring up a chest of gold, a harem dinner, and a parade camels bearing wedding gifts. His conjuring is little more than a snap of the fingers or a blink The photography and camera work is quite good with the special effects. It's an entertaining film, but quite light on the humor end.
I haven't seen many films in which Randall plays a lead, but of those I've seen, he isn't nearly as funny as in some of his supporting roles with comedies. The best of those are the Doris Day and Rock Hudson comedies of the 1950s. Apparently, this movie influenced the development of the highly popular TV series that Barbara Eden starred in - "I Dream of Jeannie," which ran from 1965 through 1970.
Well, Fakrash seems to be having fun conjuring up a chest of gold, a harem dinner, and a parade camels bearing wedding gifts. His conjuring is little more than a snap of the fingers or a blink The photography and camera work is quite good with the special effects. It's an entertaining film, but quite light on the humor end.
I haven't seen many films in which Randall plays a lead, but of those I've seen, he isn't nearly as funny as in some of his supporting roles with comedies. The best of those are the Doris Day and Rock Hudson comedies of the 1950s. Apparently, this movie influenced the development of the highly popular TV series that Barbara Eden starred in - "I Dream of Jeannie," which ran from 1965 through 1970.