There probably wasn't an American male who was then between the ages of 5 and 15 who didn't fall hopelessly love with the Ray Harryhausen fantasy classic The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad when it was first released in 1958. Sinbad, played by Kerwin Mathews, is forced to embark upon his seventh voyage when his beloved Princess Parisa (Kathryn Grant) is miniaturized by treacherous sorceror Sokurah (Torin Thatcher). Laboring under the impression that only a potion made from the egg of the giant Roc living on the island of Colossa can restore the Princess to normal size, Sinbad sets sail to Colossa, with Sokurah on board. In truth, Sokurah wants to return to the isle to plunder the riches he'd discovered during a previous trip there. All the sorcerer had been able to make off with during his earlier visit was a magic lamp, containing an adolescent genie (Richard Eyer). With the help of the lamp, Sinbad meets and masters such dangers as the Roc, a cyclops, a dragon, and, best of all, a sword-wielding skeleton (this particular bit of stop-motion wizardry was elaborated upon in Jason and the Argonauts, wherein Jason did battle with a battalion of bony opponents). The breathtaking wonders of Ray Harryhausen's Dynamation process is enhanced beyond measure by the thrilling musical score of Bernard Herrmann. Seventh Voyage of Sinbad was not only a hit during its first theatrical run, but also in its subsequent reissues, not to mention the ancillary profits accrued by TV rentals, the many 8-millimeter home movie versions, and the soundtrack album.