The Brass Bottle
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The Brass Bottle is a 1964 American fantasy film
Fantasy film
Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap...

 about a modern man who accidentally acquires a djinn
Jinn
Jinn are supernatural beings in Arab folklore and Islamic teachings.Jinn may also refer to:* Jinn , a Japanese band* Qui-Gon Jinn, a character in the Star Wars universe...

. Though the word is commonly translated into English as "genie", author F. Anstey
Thomas Anstey Guthrie
Thomas Anstey Guthrie , was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey....

 made a distinction between the two in the novel of the same name (originally published in 1900) which provides the basis of the film.

The film starred Tony Randall
Tony Randall
Tony Randall was a U.S. actor, comic, producer and director.-Early years:Randall was born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg to a Jewish family in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Julia and Mogscha Rosenberg, an art and antiques dealer...

, Burl Ives
Burl Ives
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American actor, writer and folk music singer. As an actor, Ives's work included comedies, dramas, and voice work in theater, television, and motion pictures. Music critic John Rockwell said, "Ives's voice .....

 and Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.-Early years:...

. Eden's role was instrumental in getting her cast as the star of the TV series I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries...

, even though she did not play a djinn in this film.

Plot

Architect Harold Ventimore (Tony Randall) buys an antique that turns out to contain a djinn named Fakrash (Burl Ives). However, Fakrash has been away a long time, and his unfamiliarity with the modern world causes all sorts of problems when he tries to please his new master. Ventimore ends up in a great deal of trouble, including with his girlfriend, Sylvia Kenton (Barbara Eden).

Cast

  • Tony Randall
    Tony Randall
    Tony Randall was a U.S. actor, comic, producer and director.-Early years:Randall was born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg to a Jewish family in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Julia and Mogscha Rosenberg, an art and antiques dealer...

     as Harold Ventimore
  • Burl Ives
    Burl Ives
    Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American actor, writer and folk music singer. As an actor, Ives's work included comedies, dramas, and voice work in theater, television, and motion pictures. Music critic John Rockwell said, "Ives's voice .....

     as Fakrash
  • Barbara Eden
    Barbara Eden
    Barbara Eden is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.-Early years:...

     as Sylvia Kenton
  • Kamala Devi
    Kamala Devi (Actor)
    Kamala Devi is an Indian actress, best known for her roles in the 1960s opposite her husband, Chuck Connors.-Filmography:* Harry Black ... as Nurse Somola* Tales of the Vikings ... as Dara* Aas Ka Panchhi...

     as Tezra, a female djinn
  • Edward Andrews
    Edward Andrews
    Edward Andrews was an American actor, one of the most recognizable character actors on television and films between the 1950s and the 1980s...

     as Professor Kenton
  • Richard Erdman
    Richard Erdman
    Richard Erdman is an American film and television actor and director.-Notable roles:...

     as Seymour Jenks
  • Kathie Browne
    Kathie Browne
    Kathie Browne was an American film and television actress.-Background:Born in San Luis Obispo, California as Jacqueline Katherine Browne she appeared in many films and TV shows such as Star Trek: The Original Series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason,...

     as Hazel Jenks
  • Ann Doran
    Ann Doran
    Ann Lee Doran was an American character actress.-Early life and career:Born in Amarillo, Texas, Doran began acting at the age of four. She appeared in hundreds of silent films under assumed names to keep her father's family from finding out about her work...

     as Martha Kenton
  • Philip Ober
    Philip Ober
    Philip Ober was an American actor.Ober often appeared in roles as a straight man in farcical circumstances. One of his most memorable stage role was in Lawrence Riley's Broadway hit Personal Appearance opposite Gladys George. From 1954 to 1967 he frequently appeared in television series...

     as William Beevor
  • Parley Baer
    Parley Baer
    Parley Edward Baer was an American actor in film, television, and radio.-Radio:Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Baer had a circus background, but began his radio career at Utah station KSL...

     as Samuel Wackerbath
  • Howard Smith as Senator Grindle

Other versions

Two prior versions of Anstey's novel were filmed. Both were silent, had the same name, and were released in 1914 and 1923.

This film was remade into Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 by Javar Sitaraman as Pattanathil Bhootham
Pattanathil Bhootham
Pattanathil Bhootham is a Tamil film directed by M.V. Raman, shot in Eastman Colour released in 1967.-Plot:Pattanathil Bhootham is a straightforward adaptation of The Brass Bottle 1964 with a romantic comedy twist, written by 'Javart' Sitaraman....

or Ghost in the City in 1964.
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