Rent The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
3.9 of 5 from 81 ratings
2h 19min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- The actor stars as the impious thief Ahmed who has made a reputation as Baghdad's premiere plunderer. When he falls in love with a beautiful princess (Julanne Johnston) and the two determine to marry, her father the caliph intervenes, forbidding the union. Thus erupts a chain of circumstances involving a crystal ball, a magic apple, a pegasus, an invisibility cloak... and, of course, a flying carpet.
- Actors:
- Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Sôjin Kamiyama, Anna May Wong, Brandon Hurst, Tote Du Crow, Noble Johnson
- Directors:
- Raoul Walsh
- Producers:
- Douglas Fairbanks, David Shepard
- Writers:
- Lotta Woods, Douglas Fairbanks, Achmed Abdullah, James T. O'Donohoe
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Classics, Romance
- Collections:
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/11/2014
- Run Time:
- 149 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Silent
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Tinted
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Feature-Length Commentary by Fairbanks Biographer Jeffrey Vance
- Fairbanks and Fantasy - a seventeen-minute featurette including rare behind-the-scenes photography
