The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 Douglas Fairbanks swashbuckler adventure film which tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Primary cast:

• Douglas Fairbanks  : The Thief of Bagdad
• Snitz Edwards  : His Evil Associate
• Charles Belcher  : The Holy Man
• Julanne Johnston  : The Princess
• Sojin  : The Mongol Prince
• Anna May Wong  : The Mongol Slave
• Brandon Hurst  : The Caliph
• Tote Du Crow  : The Soothsayer
• Noble Johnson  : The Indian Prince

1940 version:

The 1940 film version of The Thief of Bagdad is notable for being in Technicolor and having special effects which were impressive for their day. Led by Alexander Korda, it was a joint UK/USA production directed by Michael Powell and Ludwig Berger , and starring child actor Sabu .

Although the two films have some similarities there are also significant differences. The most notable is that in the 1940 version the thief and the prince are separate characters.