The Thief of Bagdad

Time Out says
A delightful hocus-pocus of colour, dashing adventure, and special effects, this Korda-produced epic for grown-up kids is basically Star Wars meets The Arabian Nights with its plot of an all-seeing eye stolen from a Tibetan temple. The highlight has to be the genie (Ingram) who escapes from the bottle, though Sabu the elephant boy lends just that dash of imperialist sentiment to lift it into camp. Magical, classically entertaining, and now revalued by Hollywood moguls Lucas and Coppola, it was made fitfully in Britain during the World War II Blitz (but completed in Hollywood) by a team of directors spearheaded by the remarkable Powell.
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Sabu
June Duprez
John Justin
Rex Ingram
Miles Malleson
Morton Selten
Mary Morris
Bruce Winston
Hay Petrie
Adelaide Hall
Roy Emerton
Allan Jeayes
Glynis Johns