A 1964 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Harry Keller about a man (Tony Randall) who forms a friendship with a genie (Burl Ives).
It served as the inspiration for I Dream of Jeannie.
The movie also stars Barbara Eden, Kamala Devi, Edward Andrews, Richard Erdman, Kathie Browne, Ann Doran, Philip Ober, Parley Baer, Lulu Porter, and Howard Smith.
It was released on May 20, 1964.
Tropes for the film:
- Benevolent Genie: Fakrash al-Amash is a djinn who is so grateful to architect Harold Ventimore for freeing him from his bottle, that he is continually making extravagant gifts to him – all of which only complicate Ventimore's life and make him miserable.
- The Film of the Book: Based on Thomas Anstey Guthrie's novel of the same name.
- Genie in a Bottle: Fakrash is this.
- Incredible Shrinking Man: Fakrash loses his patience trying to prove he's really a genie to a group of skeptical officials, so he shrinks them to half an inch high. He changes them back when Harold orders him to.Fakrash: Small minds should have small bodies to match![the skeptics suddenly find themselves half an inch high and floundering in a pitcher of water]
- Resized Vocals: When the skeptics are shrunk to half an inch high they speak in high-pitched, barely audible voices.
- Tagline: "Lookout world! Nothing's going to be the same again!".
