The Long Ships
“The Viking adventurers who challenged the seas... and conquered the world!”
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
18 people
Richard Widmark
Rolfe
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Sidney Poitier
Aly Mansuh
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Russ Tamblyn
Orm
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Twin Peaks
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Rosanna Schiaffino
Aminah
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Ro.Go.Pa.G.
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Oskar Homolka
Krok
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Sabotage
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Edward Judd
Sven
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Jack the Ripper
First Men in the Moon
Lionel Jeffries
Aziz
Known for
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Beba Lončar
Gerda
Known for
The Sucker
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Clifford Evans
King Harald
Known for
The Curse of the Werewolf
The Kiss of the Vampire
Gordon Jackson
Vahlin
Known for
Shaka Zulu
The Great Escape
Colin Blakely
Rhykka
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
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David Lodge
Olla
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The Return of the Pink Panther
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Jack Cardiff Director · Berkely Mather Screenplay Beverley Cross Screenplay
Director
Jack Cardiff
Screenplay
Berkely Mather
Screenplay
Beverley Cross
Author
Frans G. Bengtsson
Composer
Dušan Radić
Cinematographer
Christopher Challis
Editor
Geoffrey Foot
Production designer
Vlastimir Gavrik
Production designer
Zoran Zorčić
Costume designer
Anthony Mendleson
Costume designer
David Ffolkes
Worldwide gross $1.9M · Budget $3M · United States release June 24, 1964
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,930,000
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Warwick Film Productions
Production
Avala film
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio · Production
United Kingdom · Serbia · Serbia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English
Release dates
Germany · March 25, 1964
Theatrical · Columbia-Bavaria
United States · June 24, 1964
Theatrical
France
April 22, 1964 · Theatrical
Germany
January 1, 1982 · Theatrical · CFC Contact-Film (Wiederaufführung)
Ireland
May 8, 1964 · Theatrical
Poland
January 1, 1967 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 5, 1964 · Theatrical
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