The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Directors

Raoul Walsh

Cast

Anna May Wong, Brandon Hurst, Charles Belcher, Douglas Fairbanks, Jesse Fuller, Julanne Johnston, Mathilde Comont, Noble Johnson, Snitz Edwards, Sōjin Kamiyama, Tote Du Crow

The story

thumb|right|150px|Soviet Russian film poster of The Thief of Bagdad, by Ahmed steals as he pleases in the city of Bagdad. Wandering into a mosque, he tells a holy man he disdains his philosophy: "What I want, I take." That night, he sneaks into the caliph's palace using a magic rope he stole during ritual prayers. All thoughts of plunder are forgotten when he sees the sleeping princess, the caliph's daughter, along her three slaves: a flute player, a fortune-teller, and a Mongol slave.

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