It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in the vast deserts, that the world which we see is an outward and visible dream, of an inward and invisible reality ... Once upon a time there was a golden city. In the center of the golden city, atop the tallest minaret, were three golden balls. The ancients had prophesied that if the three golden balls were ever taken away, harmony would yield to discord, and the city would fall to destruction and death. But... the mystics had also foretold that the city might be saved by the simplest soul with the smallest and simplest of things. In the city there dwelt a lowly shoemaker, who was known as Tack the Cobbler. Also in the city... existed a Thief, who shall be... nameless.
Vincent Price
as Zigzag the Grand Vizier (voice)
Matthew Broderick
as Tack the Cobbler (voice)
Jennifer Beals
as Princess YumYum (voice)
Anthony Quayle
as King Nod (voice)
Joan Sims
as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
Donald Pleasence
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
Jonathan Winters
as The Thief (voice)
Paul Matthews
as Mighty One-Eye (voice)
Miriam Margolyes
as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
Eric Bogosian
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
Toni Collette
as Nurse / Mad Holy Old Witch (voice)
Joss Ackland
as Brigand (voice)
