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The Thief of Bagdad
GIGANTIC! The Wonder Picture of All Time!
GIGANTIC! The Wonder Picture of All Time!
Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy - 1940
7.5
100%
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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.
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Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
106 min
Release date:
25 Dec 1940
Country:
GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. 3 wins & 4 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
A delightful hocus-pocus of colour, dashing adventure, and special effects.
– Don Macpherson,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Treating cinema as a giant toy box, Korda resembles a child with an overactive imagination, giddily piling on every exotic and magical conceit the story can handle.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
The Thief of Bagdad is a colorful, lavish and eye-appealing spectacle.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
7 Jul 2010
fresh:
Alexander Korda's opulent Arabian Nights fantasy suffers from pallid performances and frequently succumbs to kitsch, but it still casts its fragile spell.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
26 Nov 2012
fresh:
This 1940 movie is one of the great entertainments. It lifts up the heart.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
26 Nov 2012
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