Arabian Knight (1995)

Film details

Featuring

Clive Revill Matthew Broderick Vincent Price
Director

Richard Williams
Country

USA
Year

1995
Genres

Animation Fantasy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

The Amazing Nasruddin Working
The Thief and the Cobbler Working
Nasruddin! Working
The Thief Who Never Gave Up Working
Once... Working

Synopsis

Animated tale set in ancient Baghdad, where the realm is about to be beset by the mighty hordes of the warrior One-Eye. Court magician Zigzag is in league with One-Eye, his reward will be the hand of Princess Yum Yum. Legend has it that as long as the three gold balls on the tallest minaret shine upon the town, it will be protected. Zigzag manages to steal them, and it is up to Princess Yum Yum and the humble young cobbler Tack to retrieve them.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - narrator
    
    Clive Revill
  - voice of Tack, the cobbler
    
    Matthew Broderick
  - voice of Zigzag, Grand Vizier
    
    Vincent Price
  - voice of Princess Yum Yum
    
    Jennifer Beals
  - voice of the thief
    
    Jonathan Winters
  - voice of King Nod
    
    Clive Revill
  - voice of nurse/good witch
    
    Toni Collette
  - voice of witch
    
    Joan Sims
  - voice of Mighty One-Eye
    
    Kevin Dorsey
  - voice of Phido
    
    Eric Bogosian
  - voice of Gofer/Slap
    
    Stanley Baxter
  - voice of Goblet/Tickle
    
    Kenneth Williams
  - voice of dying soldier
    
    Clinton Sundberg
  - voice of Roofless
    
    Windsor Davies
  - voice of Goolie
    
    Frederick Shaw
  - voice of Sergeant Hook
    
    Thick Wilson
  - voice of Hoof
    
    Eddie Byrne
  - voice of other brigand
    
    Peter Clayton
  - voice of other brigand
    
    Geoffrey Golden
  - voice of other brigand
    
    Derek Hinson
  - voice of other brigand
    
    Declan Mulholland
  - voice of other brigand
    
    Mike Nash
  - voice of other brigand
    
    Tony Scannell
  - voice of other brigand
    
    Dermot Walsh
  - voice of other brigand
    
    Ramsay Williams
  - singing voice of Princess Yum Yum
    
    Bobbi Page
  - [original voice cast]
    
    Anthony Quayle
  - [original voice cast]
    
    Donald Pleasence
  - [original voice cast]
    
    Mona Marshall
  - [original voice cast]
    
    Felix Aylmer
  - [original voice cast]
    
    Catherine Schell
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Richard Williams
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Allied Film-makers
  - Production Company
    
    Miramax Films
  - [original production company]
    
    Warner Bros.
  - Executive Producer
    
    Jake Eberts
  - Producer
    
    Richard Williams
  - Producer
    
    Imogen Sutton
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Richard Williams
  - Screenplay
    
    Margaret French
  - [original scriptwriter]
    
    John Patrick Shanley
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    John Leatherbarrow
  Animation:
  - Master Animator
    
    Ken Harris
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Peter Bond
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Robert Folk