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Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

19811h 51mMovieDrama

BBC adaptation of The Arabian Nights

DirectorMichael Hayes
WriterVictor Pemberton
ProducerCedric Messina

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Cast · Directed by Michael Hayes

FFFrank Finlay
Frank Finlay
Shahriar
SJStratford Johns
Stratford Johns
Genie of the Lamp
PHPaul Hardwick
Paul Hardwick
VIzier
PTPatrick Troughton
Patrick Troughton
The Swindler
AM
Anne-Marie Marriott
Shahrazad

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Tales from the Thousand and One Nights hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 17, 1982. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.