Fresh
Deliriously hokey and captivating.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Thief of Bagdad
"Happiness Must Be Earned"
1924 · 2h 29m · Not Rated
Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
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The Thief of Bagdad
Overview
A nameless thief falls in love with the Caliph of Bagdad's daughter. The Caliph will give her hand to the suitor that returns with the rarest treasure after seven moons. The thief sets off on a magical journey while, unbeknownst to him, another suitor, the Prince of the Mongols, is not playing by the rules.
Director and cast
- Raoul Walsh Director
- Douglas Fairbanks as The Thief of Bagdad
- Snitz Edwards as His Evil Associate
- Charles Belcher as The Holy Man
- Julanne Johnston as The Princess
- Sôjin Kamiyama as The Mongol Prince
- Anna May Wong as The Mongol Slave
- Brandon Hurst as The Caliph
- Tote Du Crow as The Soothsayer
- Noble Johnson as The Indian Prince
- Sam Baker as Sworder (uncredited)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It is an entrancing picture, wholesome and beautiful, deliberate but compelling, a feat of motion picture art which has never been equaled and one which itself will enthrall persons time and again.
Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
Fresh
Walsh's dynamism is evident in every frame of this deftly Americanized fantasy, beautifully designed by William Cameron Menzies.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Korda's version of 1940 has the quirks and the luscious colour, but this one has the electric energy.
Geoff Brown, Time Out
Rotten
It is like reading the Arabian Nights at one sitting, with only six minutes allowed to stretch the limbs and get the contrast of a workaday world.
TIME Magazine
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