The Ransom

The Ransom
Premiere date	September 14, 1968
Run time	9:33
Starring	Jay North John Stephenson Frank Gerstle Shari Lewis Henry Corden Don Messick Paul Frees Dick Beals
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"The Ransom" is the second episode of Arabian Knights season one, and came as a segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. It aired on September 14, 1968 on NBC. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

The Arabian Knights intercept Bakaar's guards before they deliver the Caliph of al-Arish to him.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Prince Raji	Dick Beals
Fariik	John Stephenson
Raseem	Frank Gerstle
Prince Turhan	Jay North
Bez	Henry Corden Don Messick (Bez as donkey)
Princess Nida	Shari Lewis
Zazuum	Don Messick
Van Gor	Paul Frees
Bakaar	John Stephenson
Caliph of al-Arish	Unavailable

Organizations

• Arabian Knights

Locations

• Earth
  • Iraq
    • al-Arish
    • Caves of Doom
    • Baghdad
• The Moon

Objects

• None

Vehicles

• None

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 14, 1968 on NBC

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.