O.K., so he didn't spend his whole acting career during the period of World War II playing Nazi's, but it's nice to see him in a war propaganda film on the side of the allies and risking his life to expose a ring of Nazis in the middle east who killed his fellow reporter friend. just who are the bad guys in this film? With one exception, it's difficult to tell, and that exception is the portly Gene Lockhart, a jolly character actor who was typecast as pampas businessmen and cowards, several of them traitorous like his character here. Every time he speaks, the slime of his traitorism oozes out of his pores. He keeps trying to lure Sanders into a trap, and it's obvious is that Sanders is one step ahead of him, especially when he forces him onto a plane with him as a pilot, frightening Lockhart bye pretending that he's never flown before. That moment is hysterical just to watch Lockhart squirm.
For Sanders, the book is out on the beautiful Virginia Bruce who is a spy, but for what side? Then there's the beautiful Lenore Aubert, the daughter of a powerful Arab shiek (H.B. Warner), certain that the presence of Nazis in their country is dangerous for them. Ridiculously, Aubert where's a slew of beautiful fashions, looking completely unlike any sheik's daughter I've ever seen in a movie, and certainly against Arab law. There is indeed plenty of action in Arabia as the title suggests, but this is so outlandish and far-fetched at time that it almost seems like a serial with A-list actors. A plot twist involving Lockhart's character comes out of nowhere and contradicts everything up to that point. Even so, there's a lot of fun to be found in this anti-Nazi piece of nonsense, and between eye rolls, you will be gripping your seat as well as laughing at much of the absurdity.
For Sanders, the book is out on the beautiful Virginia Bruce who is a spy, but for what side? Then there's the beautiful Lenore Aubert, the daughter of a powerful Arab shiek (H.B. Warner), certain that the presence of Nazis in their country is dangerous for them. Ridiculously, Aubert where's a slew of beautiful fashions, looking completely unlike any sheik's daughter I've ever seen in a movie, and certainly against Arab law. There is indeed plenty of action in Arabia as the title suggests, but this is so outlandish and far-fetched at time that it almost seems like a serial with A-list actors. A plot twist involving Lockhart's character comes out of nowhere and contradicts everything up to that point. Even so, there's a lot of fun to be found in this anti-Nazi piece of nonsense, and between eye rolls, you will be gripping your seat as well as laughing at much of the absurdity.