Douglas Fairbanks at the peak of his swashbuckling powers, leaping through the most lavish sets Hollywood had ever constructed. The Thief of Bagdad is a fantasy spectacular on a scale that wouldn't be matched until the blockbuster era — enormous palace interiors, a flying carpet that genuinely seems to soar, underwater sequences, and a dragon that was a marvel of 1924 special effects. Fairbanks plays Ahmed, a charming street thief who falls for a princess and must complete a series of impossible quests to win her hand. The plot is pure fairy tale, but the sheer physical joy of watching Fairbanks vault, climb, and grin his way through every obstacle is irresistible. This is spectacle filmmaking in its most exuberant, hand-crafted form.
Douglas Fairbanks at the peak of his swashbuckling powers, leaping through the most lavish sets Hollywood had ever constructed. The Thief of Bagdad is a fantasy spectacular on a scale that wouldn't be matched until the blockbuster era — enormous palace interiors, a flying carpet that genuinely seems to soar, underwater sequences, and a dragon that was a marvel of 1924 special effects. Fairbanks plays Ahmed, a charming street thief who falls for a princess and must complete a series of impossible quests to win her hand. The plot is pure fairy tale, but the sheer physical joy of watching Fairbanks vault, climb, and grin his way through every obstacle is irresistible. This is spectacle filmmaking in its most exuberant, hand-crafted form.
Douglas Fairbanks
The Thief of Bagdad
Snitz Edwards
His Evil Associate
Charles Belcher
The Holy Man
Julanne Johnston
The Princess
Sôjin Kamiyama
The Mongol Prince
Anna May Wong
The Mongol Slave
Brandon Hurst
The Caliph
Tote Du Crow
The Soothsayer
Noble Johnson
The Indian Prince
Sam Baker
Sworder (uncredited)
Laska Winter
Slave of the Lute (uncredited)
Etta Lee
Slave of the Sand Board (uncredited)
Mathilde Comont
Persian Prince (uncredited)
Charles Stevens
Persian Prince's Awaker (uncredited)
Eugene Jackson
Child (uncredited)
