The Golden Blade is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Nathan Juran and starring Rock Hudson as Harun Al-Rashid and Piper Laurie as Princess Khairuzan.

It is set in ancient Bagdad and borrows from the Arabic fairy tales of One Thousand and One Nights as well as the myth of King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone.

During a raging desert battle between the cities of Basra and Baghdad, soldier Basran is fatally wounded.

Before dying, Basran takes a medallion from his killer's neck and gives it to his son Harun, urging him to somehow end the senseless killings.

After learning of the arranged marriage, Khairuzan disguises herself as a boy and escapes the palace, stealing Harun's horse in the process.

She names Harun as her guard, and despite being infuriated with his new predicament, he watches admiringly as she is very kind to the poor townspeople.

Barcus warns him that the second inscription counsels that the bearer's true reward will arrive in a grave of stone.

When the Caliph orders Jafar arrested, the vizier brings out his medallion, which is identical to the one Harun carries.

Trying to kill the Caliph, Jafar slices the magic sword into a stone pillar, where it remains stuck.