The Long Ships - 3 stars out of 5 stars

A movie about a Viking con man and a Moor fanatic.Same things happen now but this is for laughs and adventure rather than terror and Jehad.
Sydney Poitier as a bad guy!!!Worth the rental just for that. As a moorish ruler obsessed with a wrong done by christians there is some relevance to today,but the obsession is for GOLD not correcting the wrong deed.Richard Widmark is NOT a Viking,but this movie is a laugh a minute with mistakes and unbelievable happenings.Still Oscar Hominka is right on in his small but important role,and its good to see Russ Tambyn in a non West side story role.Not to be taken to seriously as the much more recent 13 warrior is to be. The film was released in 1964 and runs 126 minutes.I couldn't find a trailer but a sturring theme link instead follows the pix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7fsPjLeHrI