THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940)
LUDWIG BERGERMICHAEL POWELLTIM WHELANZOLTAN KORDAWILLIAM CAMERONALEXANDER KORDA
Plot
Kitsch classic, shot in glorious Technicolor with amazing special effects that bagged it three Academy Awards for technical brilliance. A romantic fantasy adventure, following the deposed King of Bagdad, who's been thrown into a dungeon where he meets Abu, the best thief in all of Bagdad. Together they escape and set about a series of adventures that involve a Djinni in a bottle, a mechanical flying horse, an all-seeing magic jewel, a flying carpet and a beautiful Basra princess, who's betrothed to his evil usurper. Star Wars meets The Arabian Nights.