What is this movie? It was an old one, from perhaps the forty's or fifty's.?

Question

There was a big statue I think at the ocean's edge and it had many arms (Indian perhaps) and it killed a person by stabbing it. This was right at the end of the movie.

Lots of special effects done in the fifty's or so.

Answer 1

Sounds like it could have been Sinbad.

Answer 2

Ohboy...

I think you may be combining memories of at least two films here.

The older of the two, "The Thief of Bagdad", was made in 1940. About in the middle of the film, a foolish, toy-collecting sultan is stabbed to death by a malevolent clockwork many-armed statue. It's a scene that sticks in the memory. The film also features a towering genie at the beach, a flying horse, a magic ring, a giant spider, and a boy turned into a dog!

The big statue at the ocen's edge may be a memory of the climax of the Beatles' 1964 movie, "Help!". The statue is of the eight-armed goddess Ka-ili, and Ringo is supposed to be sacrificed to it because he wears the sacred Ring; during the climactic brouhaha, the Ring is passed back and forth all over the place, and eventually ends up on the finger of the High Priest Krang, who is last seen running down the beach with a minion in hot pursuit wielding a large scimitar..

Ring any bells?

Answer 3

I re-call it, but don't remember the title. Will get back to you after some research.

Edit:
Maybe it is not the film you mean, but I'm sure there was a girl dancing and mesmerizing the man, and he became overcome with emotion and embraced the statue. Then the girl mimicked what she wanted the statue to do whilst the man was embracing it, and so the statue killed the man and thus ended the film.

I wish I could recall the title, but I have searched to no avail. The only title I can come up with was a film from 1921 called Maa Durga, but I cannot find out the plot. Sorry.

Answer 4

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, made in 1974 and starring John Phillip Law as Sinbad, is considered by many fans to be one of the best Sinbad films of all time. Tom Baker's performance as the evil wizard Koura was a key factor in his being cast on Doctor Who. It includes a robust score by composer Miklós Rózsa and is noted for the stop-motion effects by Ray Harryhausen.

Sinbad fights the one-eyed Centaur, Kali, and his own ship's wooden mascot on his journey. Once they reach the fountain, Koura gets the youth and the shield which turns him invisible. However, in the matter of luck, Sinbad succeeds in killing the magician. Sinbad then, instead of taking the crown of untold riches for himself, instead gives it to the Grand Vizier, in an act of selflessness. The crown's magic powers causes the Vizer's mask to dissolve, and heals his face. Then Sinbad, the Vizier, and the rest of the crew return to Marabia.

Answer 5

Hmmm... you're off a bit there, by about 20-30 years, but, no harm done, eh?

The film you're thinking of is "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" (American, 1974).

The animated statue in question is supposed to be one of the goddess Kãlī, but has one pair of arms too many... ah well, it does look neat in the film though (as Ray Harryhausen's work always does).

Answer 6

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