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title: 'The Thief of Bagdad (1924)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Raoul Walsh'
released: '1924-03-18'
runtime_minutes: 139
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015400/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

1924 · 139 min · Drama, Fantasy · United States


## Synopsis

The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 American silent fantasy adventure film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks, and written by Achmed Abdullah and Lotta Woods. Adapted from One Thousand and One Nights, the film tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad. In 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Douglas Fairbanks](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fairbanks)
- **Director:** [Raoul Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-walsh)
- **Screenplay:** [Achmed Abdullah](https://cinepixo.com/people/achmed-abdullah)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mortimer Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mortimer-wilson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Edeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-edeson)
- **Editor:** [Bill Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-nolan)

## Cast

- [Snitz Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/snitz-edwards)
- [Mathilde Comont](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathilde-comont)
- [Brandon Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-hurst)
- [Tote Du Crow](https://cinepixo.com/people/tote-du-crow)
- [Jesse Fuller](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-fuller)
- [Anna May Wong](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-may-wong)
- [Julanne Johnston](https://cinepixo.com/people/julanne-johnston)
- [Sōjin Kamiyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/sojin-kamiyama)
- [Charles Belcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-belcher)
- [Charles Sylvester](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-sylvester)
- [Sam Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-baker)
- [Noble Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/noble-johnson)
- [Douglas Fairbanks](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fairbanks)

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