According to Roger Ebert, The Thief of Bagdadis so good that it deserves to be placed in the same category as The Wizard of Oz. Released in 1940, The Thief of Bagdad is one of several remakes of a ...

Scorsese credits Michael Powell's film, The Thief of Bagdad, as a pivotal moment in sparking his love for filmmaking. The film's innovative special effects, including blue screen technology, set it ...

The Thief of Baghdad is an enormous contradiction of the auteur theory. The 1940 release credits three directors — Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan and Michael Powell — and only the latter assembled a ...

Read up on the latest The Thief of Bagdad News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. In this fantasy adventure, a young thief joins forces with a deposed king to reclaim his throne and ...