The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Don’t waste time looking for the previous 6 voyages, because 7th was the first in what became a trilogy of Sinbad adventures made by Columbia Pictures.
It’s unrealistically theatrical and exotic, the fight scenes are laughable and the plot is thinner than the puffs of green smoke that seem to be everywhere, but it’s Ray Harryhausen’s animated creatures that we all want to see and in that he doesn't disappoint.
Bernard Herrmann adds his talents, too. His romance themes are as you'd expect, but the rousing adventure music is perfectly suited.
Despite being the dashing hero, it’s hard not to see Sinbad as the invader given that he goes uninvited and takes something that isn't his.

3½ anchors dropped out of 5