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| Conrad Veidt | ... | Jaffar | |
| Sabu | ... | Abu | |
| June Duprez | ... | Princess | |
| John Justin | ... | Ahmad | |
| Rex Ingram | ... | Djinn | |
| Miles Malleson | ... | Sultan | |
| Morton Selten | ... | The Old King | |
| Mary Morris | ... | Halima | |
| Bruce Winston | ... | The Merchant | |
| Hay Petrie | ... | Astrologer | |
| Adelaide Hall | ... | Singer | |
| Roy Emerton | ... | Jailer | |
| Allan Jeayes | ... | The Story Teller | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Frederick Burtwell | ... | Unnamed Character (uncredited) | |
| Joseph Cozier | ... | Man selling fish (uncredited) | |
| Henry Hallett | ... | Unnamed Character (uncredited) | |
| Glynis Johns | ... | Unnamed Character (uncredited) | |
| Alexander Laine | ... | Urchin in Bagdad market (uncredited) | |
| Cleo Laine | ... | Urchin in Bagdad market (uncredited) | |
| Sylvia Laine | ... | Urchin in Bagdad market (uncredited) | |
| Spoli Mills | ... | Walk-on (uncredited) | |
| Leslie Phillips | ... | Urchin in Bagdad market (uncredited) | |
| Norman Pierce | ... | Unnamed Character (uncredited) | |
| John Salew | ... | Unnamed Character (uncredited) | |
| Otto Wallen | ... | Unnamed Character (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Ludwig Berger | |||
| Michael Powell | |||
| Tim Whelan | |||
| Alexander Korda | (uncredited) | ||
| Zoltan Korda | (uncredited) | ||
| William Cameron Menzies | (uncredited) | ||
Writing credits | ||
| Miles Malleson | (screenplay and dialogue) | |
| Lajos Biró | (scenario) (as Lajos Biro) | |
Produced by | |||
| Alexander Korda | .... | producer | |
| Zoltan Korda | .... | associate producer | |
| William Cameron Menzies | .... | associate producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Miklós Rózsa | (musical score and songs) (as Miklos Rozsa) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Charles Crichton | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Vincent Korda | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Vincent Korda | (uncredited) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| John Armstrong | |||
| Oliver Messel | |||
| Marcel Vertès | (as Marcel Vertes) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Stuart Freeborn | .... | makeup artist (uncredited) | |
| Tom Shenton | .... | assistant makeup artist (uncredited) | |
Production Management | |||
| David B. Cunynghame | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jack Clayton | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| W. Percy Day | .... | scenic backgrounds (as Percy Day) | |
| Ferdinand Bellan | .... | associate art director (uncredited) | |
| W. Percy Day | .... | associate art director (uncredited) | |
| William Cameron Menzies | .... | associate art director (uncredited) | |
| Frederick Pusey | .... | associate art director (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| A.W. Watkins | .... | sound director | |
| John W. Mitchell | .... | sound assistant (uncredited) | |
| Jack Whitney | .... | special sound effects (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Lawrence W. Butler | .... | special effects director (as Lawrence Butler) | |
| Tom Howard | .... | special effects (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Peter Ellenshaw | .... | assistant matte artist (uncredited) | |
| Wally Veevers | .... | matte artist (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Osmond Borradaile | .... | associate photographer | |
| Georges Périnal | .... | chief photographer (as George Perinal) | |
| Henty Henty-Creer | .... | camera operator: exteriors (uncredited) | |
| Robert Krasker | .... | camera operator (uncredited) | |
| Cliff Shirpser | .... | assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited) | |
| Bill Wall | .... | chief electrician (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| William Hornbeck | .... | supervising editor | |
| Peter R. Hunt | .... | associate editor (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Muir Mathieson | .... | musical director | |
Other crew | |||
| Geoffrey Boothby | .... | associate director | |
| Charles David | .... | associate director | |
| Natalie Kalmus | .... | technicolor director | |
| Alexander Korda | .... | presenter | |
| André De Toth | .... | production assistant (uncredited) | |
| Ralph Faulkner | .... | fight choreographer (uncredited) | |
| Wendy Toye | .... | dance instructor: mechanical doll dance (uncredited) | |
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Most of the genre of "Arabian Nights" films were silly, cheesy, low-budget things, like "The Prince Who Was A Thief" starring Tony Curtis as an Arabian prince with a Brooklyn accent. This is an exception: A genuinely magical film, one of the best fantasy films ever made.
A beautiful film made in the most glowing of technicolors, it tells the simple story of a boy thief (Sabu) meeting a dethroned prince (the gorgeous John Justin), and helping him defeat the wonderfully evil usurper Conrad Veidt. Like "The Wizard of Oz" made the year before, the performances are so good that you believe in what you see on the screen. Flying carpets and horses, towering genies, dancing idols, it all seems perfectly believable and exiting. A classic.