THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940)

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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.