Synopsis
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Metacritic65/100
112 audience votes
Key crew
- Harry KurnitzWriter
- Howard HawksDirector
- William FaulknerWriter
- Harold Jack BloomWriter
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jack HawkinsPharaoh Khufu
- Joan CollinsPrincess Nellifer
- Dewey MartinSenta
- Alex MinotisHamar
- James Robertson JusticeVashtar
- Luisella BoniKyra
- Sydney ChaplinTreneh
- James HayterMikka
- KerimaQueen Nailla
- Piero GiagnoniXenon
- Ferruccio AmendolaEgyptian Architect (uncredited)
- Gianfranco BelliniCaptain of the Guard (uncredited)
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Themes
egyptpyramidancient egyptcobrapharoahsarcophagus26th century bc