[PLEASE READ] “I command you to cease your cackling!” quoth the hero to his nubile blonde slave girl. “Every American is our slave—else why do they pay us tribute?” quoth Omar Id-Din, ‘the greatest marksman in all Islam.’ Jason Starbuck is an American frontiersman who falls in love with—and then pursues overseas—a beautiful redhead who has been abducted by Barbary pirates and forced into a Moroccan harem. Will he find her? Or will he find himself distracted by the cackling of buxom Lilith? Or will Lilith herself be put out of commission in a lusty, busty catfight with the heroine? And will the film persuade you that women are the slaves of men or that men are the slaves of women? Watch and decide! YANKEE PASHA originally premiered on April 17, 1954—exactly 61 years ago this month (April 2015). Beguiling and picaresque, it is a classic adventure film for all ages. **Jeff Chandler is “Jason Starbuck”—the strong, virile, determined hero. A passionate valuer. **Rhonda Fleming is “Roxana Reil”—a resourceful, defiant, and voluptuous heroine/damsel in distress. **Mamie Van Doren is “Lilith, Harem Slave”—with “a back that would tempt the devil,” she steals the show. (“Fetch me my dulcimer!”) **Lee J. Cobb is the “Sultan”—a surprisingly unassuming role for this excellent actor **Rex Reason is “Omar Id-Din”—an effectively cold, commanding, and arrogant villain. **Various contemporary participants of the Miss Universe Pageant serve as Harem Girls. Directed by Joseph Pevney (1911-200
, a veteran of dozens of directing credits, including several episodes of the original STAR TREK television series. Based on the novel “Yankee Pasha” by Edison Marshall.
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