The Great Gold Robbery

The Great Gold Robbery
Prince Turhan (off-screen) showers gold coins back down to merchants.
Premiere date	September 28, 1968
Run time	9:32
Starring	Jay North John Stephenson Frank Gerstle Shari Lewis Henry Corden Don Messick Paul Frees
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"The Great Gold Robbery" is the fourth episode of Arabian Knights season one, and came as a segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. It aired on September 28, 1968 on NBC. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Bakaar steals the city's gold and blames it on the Arabian Knights.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Van Gor	Paul Frees
Bakaar	John Stephenson
Fariik	John Stephenson
Prince Turhan	Jay North
Raseem	Frank Gerstle
Princess Nida	Shari Lewis
Bez	Henry Corden
Zazuum	Don Messick

Organizations

• Arabian Knights

Locations

• Earth
  • Iraq
    • Baghdad
    • Caves of Doom

Objects

• None

Vehicles

• None

Release

Datese are in order of release:

• United States: September 28, 1968 on NBC

Errors

• Pelting down gold coins on people may not have been the smartest decision.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • September 21, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Banana Splits: Complete Season 1 on DVD.