Roddy McDowall

Kabir Bedi

Frank Finlay

Marina Vlady

Pavla Ustinov

Daniel Emilfork

Ian Holm

Terence Stamp

Peter Ustinov

Ahmed El Shenawi

Kenji Tanaki

Neil McCarthy

Vincent Wong

Leon Greene

Bruce Montague

Raymond Llewellyn

Arnold Diamond

Geoffrey Cheshire

Gabor Vernon

Kevork Malikyan

Michael Chesden

Ahmed Khalil

Yashaw Adem

George Little

Dave Cooper

Marina Sirtis

Robert Rietti

Clive Donner

Andrew Birkin

AJ Carothers

Ken Baker

Steve Lanning

Dennis C. Lewiston

Connie Reeve

Alan Bryce

Steve Birtles

Peter Tanner

Ceri Evans

Monique Archambault

Peter Diamond

Jimmy Turrell

Thomas M.C. Johnston

John Cameron

Miguel Pedregosa

Edward Marshall

Christopher Sutton

Michael Barnes

John Bloomfield

Aida Young

Juan Manuel Torres

David Wynn-Jones

TV Movie

Adventure

The Thief of Baghdad

Palm Films Ltd.

Victorine Studios

United Kingdom

France

CinemaSerf

A rather shoddily produced Arabian Nights fantasy with a superbly camp Peter Ustinov - who must have used the same dialogue coach as Olivier did in "Khartoum" - as the Caliph trying his best to make a silk purse from a sow's ear! Despite having a good cast with Roddy McDowell, Frank Finlay, Ian Holm and a marvellously hammy Terence Stamp as the baddie "Jaudur" all trying their best, there is no denying that the script and direction are really poor. Ustinov's daughter, Pavla, adds some glamour as the Princess "Jasmine" and the costumiers and set designers have spared no effort/expense but in the end it's a waste of their craft.

English

NBC promo The Thief of Baghdad 1978