The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is a fantasy film released in 1974 and starring John Phillip Law as Sinbad. It includes a score by composer Miklós Rózsa and is known mostly for the stop-motion effects by Ray Harryhausen. The film is the second of three Sinbad films that Harryhausen made for Columbia, the others being The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger . It won the first Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film. While sailing, Sinbad comes across a golden tablet dropped by a mysterious flying creature. He wears the tablet as an amulet around his neck. That night,... Sinbad has a strange dream in which he sees a man dressed in black, repeatedly calling Sinbad's name, and also about a mysterious girl with an eye tattooed on her right palm. During his sleep, a mysterious storm throws his ship off course, and the next day Sinbad and his men find themselves near a coastal town in the country of Marabia. Swimming to the beach, Sinbad is met by a dark-cloaked man, who demands his amulet. Sinbad narrowly escapes into the city, where the city guard forces the hostile stranger to flee. Soon, Sinbad encounters the Grand Vizier of Marabia .
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| Release date: | April 5, 1974 |
| Directed by: | Gordon Hessler |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ray Harryhausen, Charles H. Schneer |
| Editor: | Roy Watts |
| Music by: | Miklós Rózsa |
| Cinematography: | Ted Moore |
| Screenplay by: | Brian Clemens, Ray Harryhausen |
| Estimated budget: | $982,351 |
| Genre: | Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy |