
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
7.1|19 Feb, 1940|107 min
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE SIGHTS FROM THE THOUSAND OF ONE NIGHTS....
7.1|19 Feb, 1940|107 min
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When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
Keywords
love at first sight
giant spider
flying horse
sultan
flying carpet
djinn
orient
thief
baghdad
blindness
genie
arabian nights
crystal ball
magician
beautiful princess
turned into animal
wishes
vibrant
Casts

Conrad Veidt
Jaffar

Sabu
Abu

June Duprez
Princess

John Justin
Ahmad

Rex Ingram
Djinn

Miles Malleson
Sultan

Morton Selten
The Old King

Mary Morris
Halima

Bruce Winston
The Merchant

Hay Petrie
Astrologer
Adelaide Hall
Singer

Roy Emerton
Jailer

Allan Jeayes
The Story Teller
Joseph Cozier
Man Selling Fish (uncredited)
Toni Gable
Lady (uncredited)

Robert Greig
Man of Basra (uncredited)
Henry Hallett
Citizen (uncredited)
Miki Hood
Citizen (uncredited)

Glynis Johns
Princess's Maid (uncredited)
Alexander Laine
Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
Cleo Laine
Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
Sylvia Laine
Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)

Leslie Phillips
Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)

John Salew
Fish Peddler (uncredited)
Mark Stone
Masrur (uncredited)
Frank Tickle
Citizen (uncredited)
Ben Williams
Citizen (uncredited)
Crews

Georges Périnal
Director of Photography

Michael Powell
Director

Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer

Lajos Biró
Scenario Writer

Alexander Korda
Producer

Tim Whelan
Director

Charles Crichton
Editor
Ludwig Berger
Director

Miles Malleson
Screenplay
Vincent Korda
Production Design

Miklós Rózsa
Story
Geoffrey Boothby
Assistant Director

William Cameron Menzies
Associate Producer
Muir Mathieson
Music Director

Zoltan Korda
Associate Producer
A.W. Watkins
Sound Director
Lawrence W. Butler
Special Effects

Miles Malleson
Dialogue
William Hornbeck
Supervising Editor

Miklós Rózsa
Songs
John Armstrong
Costume Design
Marcel Vertès
Costume Design
David B. Cunynghame
Production Manager
Charles David
Assistant Director
W. Percy Day
Scenic Artist

Natalie Kalmus
Other
Oliver Messel
Costume Design
Osmond Borradaile
Assistant Camera
Jack Whitney
Sound Effects
Backdrops & Posters





