The Long Ships

1964 126 min ★ 6.0 Adventure, Drama

Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down. Reluctantly working together, El Mansuh and Rolfe, along with their men, embark on a quest for the prized object, but only one leader will be able to claim the bell as his own — if it even exists at all.

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Cast

Richard Widmark

Rolfe

Sidney Poitier

Aly Mansuh

Russ Tamblyn

Orm

Rosanna Schiaffino

Aminah

Oskar Homolka

Krok

Edward Judd

Sven

Lionel Jeffries

Aziz

Beba Lončar

Gerda

Clifford Evans

King Harald

Gordon Jackson

Vahlin

Details

Director

Jack Cardiff

Screenplay

Beverley Cross

Tagline

"The Viking adventurers who challenged the seas... and conquered the world!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$3,000,000

Production

Warwick Film Productions, Avala Film

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

June 14, 2024

★ 5/10

Sidney Poitier just about carries his role off, as a Moorish prince obsessed with a mythical great golden bell ("The Mother of All Voices") - reputedly made by monks many years ago. The rest of the cast, however, are fish out of water - Richard Widmark and Russ Tamblyn are not at all plausible as Viking raiders/explorers and the ebbs and flows of the storyline and the pretty verbose dialogue stret...