Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)

The Thief of Bagdad is a joint British and American feature film of the adventure and fantasy genres. It is a remake of the 1924 film of the same name. The film was directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell and Tim Whelan with uncredited directorial contributions from Alexander Korda, Zoltan Korda and William Cameron Menzies. It was written by Miles Malleson and Lajos Biró of London Film Productions based on a story treatment by Miklós Rózsa. The film was initially produced by London Film Productions and completed in the United States by United Artists. It premiered in the U.S. on Christmas day, December 25th, 1940. The film stars John Justin as King Ahmad, child actor Sabu as his companion Abu, Conrad Veidt as the antagonist Jaffar and Rex Ingram as the djinn.

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Fun Facts

 * The tagline for this film is, "One Thousand and One Sights from One Thousand and One Nights".


 * The original print advertisement for this film carried the tagline "The most romantic rogue of all time!"


 * The 1992 animated feature film Aladdin borrows many elements from The Thief of Bagdad including certain character names like Jaffar and Abu. In the Disney version, Jaffar's name is changed to Jafar, and Abu is actually the monkey companion of Aladdin.