The Long Ships
Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down. Reluctantly working together, El Mansuh and Rolfe, along with their men, embark on a quest for the prized object, but only one leader will be able to claim the bell as his own — if it even exists at all.
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Jack Cardiff
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Sidney Poitier just about carries his role off, as a Moorish prince obsessed with a mythical great golden bell ("The Mother of All Voices") - reputedly made by monks many years ago. The rest of the cast, however, are fish out of water - Richard Widmark and Russ Tamblyn are not at all plausible as Viking raiders/explorers and the ebbs and flows of the storyline and the pretty verbose dialogue stretch the imagination well beyond the point when it stops being fun and starts being dull. Oskar Homolka gets up to some mischief as the only potentially realistic Viking "Krok" but then Lionel Jeffries and Gordon Jackson show up and it is laughable again. The film does have a good, lavish, look about it and the attention to detail (costumes etc.) are suitably sumptuous but it is way too long and wastes a good adventure story.
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Jack Cardiff is the director of The Long Ships.
The cast of The Long Ships includes Paul Stassino as Raschild, Leonard Rossiter as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited), Henry Oscar as Auctioneer, Lionel Jeffries as Aziz, Colin Blakely as Rhykka, Sidney Poitier as Aly Mansuh, Gordon Jackson as Vahlin, Russ Tamblyn as Orm, Edward Judd as Sven, Beba Lončar as Gerda, Clifford Evans as King Harald, Richard Widmark as Rolfe, and more.
The duration of The Long Ships is 2h 6 mins.
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The Long Ships was released on 25 Mar 1964.
The Long Ships is listed under Adventure and Drama on Fanbiz.
The Long Ships has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 5.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Sidney Poitier just about carries his role off, as a Moorish prince obsessed with a mythical great golden bell ("The Mother of All Voices") - reputedly made by monks many years..."
