Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937) | Directed by Dave Fleischer - Full Movie

Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves is a two-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Feature series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on November 26, 1937 by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios, Inc. and directed by Dave Fleischer. Willard Bowsky was head animator, with musical supervision by Sammy Timberg. The voice of Popeye is performed by Jack Mercer, with additional voices by Mae Questel as Olive Oyl, Lou Fleischer as J. Wellington Wimpy and Gus Wickie as Abu Hassan.

Directed by: Dave Fleischer
Produced by: Max Fleischer, Adolph Zukor
Starring: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wickie, Lou Fleischer
Music by: Sammy Timberg, Sammy Lerner, Tot Seymour (Abu Hassan lyricist), Vee Lawnhurst (Abu Hassan composer)
Animation by: Willard Bowsky, George Germanetti, Orestes Calpini
Color process: Technicolor
Production company: Fleischer Studios
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release date: November 26, 1937 (U.S.)
Running time: 17:15
Language: English