

The Thief of Bagdad
"Happiness Must Be Earned"
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.1M
- Box office
- $1.5M
- Language
- No Language
- princess
- treasure
- magic
- palace
- flying carpet
- rope
- thief
- suitor
- black and white
- disguise
- apple
- baghdad
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR18 Mar 1924
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical10 Jan 1925
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG18 Mar 1924
BrazilBR
- Theatrical11 Apr 1924
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+9 Mar 2023
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical24 Nov 1924
ItalyIT
- Theatrical27 Dec 1926
JapanJP
- Theatrical12 Jan 1925
MexicoMX
- Theatrical18 Aug 1924
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical19 Dec 1924
- Physical6DVD30 Jul 2007
NorwayNO
- Theatrical26 Dec 1924
SwedenSE
- Theatrical27 Oct 1924
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The Thief of Bagdad was released on 18 March 1924.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/6/2022
This just goes to show - almost a century after it was made, that quality has longevity. The recently restored version of Raoul Walsh's fabulously lavish adaptation of the Arabian Nights fantasy was scored by the hugely imaginative Carl Davis (at times based around some really suitable Rimsky-Korsakov themes) featuring a charmingly athletic Douglas Fairbanks as the eponymous character who thrives as a petty thief. So…
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