The Thief of Bagdad An Arabian Fantasy in Technicolor (1940)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Jaffar

      Conrad Veidt

    • Abu, the thief of Bagdad

      Sabu

    • Princess

      June Duprez

    • Ahmad

      John Justin

    • Djinn

      Rex Ingram

    • Sultan

      Miles Malleson

    • the old king

      Morton Selten

    • Halima

      Mary Morris

    • the merchant

      Bruce Winston

    • astrologer

      Hay Petrie

    • singer

      Adelaide Hall

    • jailer

      Roy Emerton

    • the story teller

      Allan Jeayes

    • [the dog]

      Viscount

    • [.]

      Glynis Johns

    • [.]

      John Salew

    • [.]

      Norman Pierce

    • [.]

      Frederick Burtwell

    • [.]

      Otto Wallen

    • [.]

      Henry Hallatt

    • [.]

      Irmgard Spoliansky

    • [extra]

      Leslie Phillips

    • [extra]

      Cleo Laine

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Ludwig Berger

    • Directed by

      Michael Powell

    • Directed by

      Tim Whelan

    • [Additional Direction]

      Zoltan Korda

    • [Additional Direction]

      William Cameron Menzies

    • [Additional Direction]

      Alexander Korda

    • Associate Director

      Geoffrey Boothby

    • Associate Director

      Charles David

    • [Co-ordinating 2nd Assistant Director]

      Jack Clayton

    Production:

    • ©/Production Company

      Alexander Korda Film Productions

    • Distributed by

      United Artists

    • Produced by

      Alexander Korda

    • Associate Producer

      Zoltan Korda

    • Associate Producer

      William Cameron Menzies

    • Production Manager

      David B. Cunynghame

    • [Production Assistant]

      André de Toth

    • [Studio]

      Denham Studios

    • [Studio]

      General Service Studios

    Writing:

    • Screenplay and Dialogue by

      Miles Malleson

    • Scenario by

      Biro, Lajos

    Photography:

    • Chief Photographer

      Perinal, George

    • Associate Photographer

      Osmond Borradaile

    • Technicolor Director

      Natalie Kalmus

    • [Camera Operator]

      Robert Krasker

    • [Camera Assistant]

      Denys Coop

    Special Effects:

    • Special Effects Directed by

      Lawrence Butler

    • [Special Effects]

      Tom Howard

    • [Special Effects]

      Johnny Mills

    Editing:

    • Supervising Editor

      William Hornbeck

    • Film Editor

      Charles Crichton

    Design:

    • Production Designed in Colour by

      Vincent Korda

    • [Associate Designer]

      William Cameron Menzies

    • [Associate Designer]

      Fred Pusey

    • [Associate Designer]

      Ferdinand Bellan

    • Scenic Backgrounds

      Day, Percy

    Costumes:

    • Costumes Designed by

      Oliver Messel

    • Costumes Designed by

      John Armstrong

    • Costumes Designed by

      Marcel Vertes

    Music:

    • Musical Score and Songs by

      Rozsa, Miklos

    • Musical Director

      Muir Mathieson

    • [Orchestral Arrangements]

      Albert Sendrey

    Sound:

    • Sound Director

      A.W. Watkins

    • [Sound Assistant]

      John W. Mitchell

    • Sound System

      Western Electric Mirrophonic