The Prince Who Was a Thief

The Prince Who Was a Thief
Directed by	Rudolph Mate
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Written by	Gerald Drayson Adams Aeneas MacKenzie
Based on	story by Theodore Dreiser
Starring	Tony Curtis Piper Laurie Everett Sloane
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Edited by	Edward Curtiss
Production company	Universal International
Language	English
Box office	$1,475,000 (US rentals)^[1]

The Prince Who Was a Thief is a 1951 swashbuckler film starring Tony Curtis. It was his first film as a star.

Plot

An assassin (Everett Sloane) is sent to kill a baby prince but cannot go through with it. He decides to raise the child as his own, and he grows up to be a thief (Tony Curtis).

Cast

Tony Curtis as Julna/Hussein
Piper Laurie as Tina
Everett Sloane as Yussef
Jeff Corey as Mokar
Betty Garde as Mirza
Marvin Miller as Hakar
Peggie Castle as Princess Yasmin
Donald Randolph as Mustapha
Nita Bieber as Cahuena
Milada Mladova as Dancer
Hayden Rorke as Basra
Midge Ware as Sari

References

↑ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952

External links

Films directed by Rudolph Maté

It Had to Be You (1947)
The Dark Past (1948)
No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
D.O.A. (1950)
Union Station (1950)
Branded (1950)
The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
The Green Glove (1952)
Sally and Saint Anne (1952)
Paula (1952)
The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
Second Chance (1953)
Forbidden (1953)
Siege at Red River (1954)
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
The Violent Men (1955)
The Far Horizons (1955)
The Rawhide Years (1955)
Miracle in the Rain (1956)
Port Afrique (1956)
Three Violent People (1956)
The Deep Six (1958)
For the First Time (1959)
Revak the Rebel (1960)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Seven Seas to Calais (1962)

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