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The Egyptian
To Nefer, shameless temptress of Babylon, he surrendered his parents' hope of immortality!
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
- Original title
- The Egyptian
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Revenue
- $15,000,000
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Nov 21, 2022 · via TMDB
Edmund Purdom plays the title role in this scalpel-and-sandal melodrama that may be loosely based on "The Tale of Sinuhe" from the 12th and 13th dynasties (c. 1900 BC) as a physician and his friend who encounter the Pharaoh (Michael Wilding) in the desert and rescue him from a lion after he has had some sort of fit. "Sinuhe" becomes a wealthy and well patronised doctor to the court and to the rich and famous and the film takes us through his, and the kingdom's, ups and downs. Victor Mature plays his ambitious friend Horemheb; Peter Ustinov is great as the rather morally challenged "Kaptah" and Bella Darvi is super as the enigmatic "Nefer". The writing is a bit long-winded and the acting stilted, but Michael Curtiz keeps it just about moving until a rather flat ending.
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Edmund Purdom
Sinuhe
Victor Mature
Horemheb
Peter Ustinov
Kaptah
Jean Simmons
Merit
Gene Tierney
Baketamon
Bella Darvi
Nefer
Michael Wilding
Akhnaton
Judith Evelyn
Taia
Henry Daniell
Mekere
John Carradine
Grave Robber
Carl Benton Reid
Senmut
Tommy Rettig
Thoth
Michael Ansara
Hittite Commander
Henry Corden
Hittite Officer
Richard Allan
Student in School of Life
Don Blackman
Nubian Prince
Angela Clarke
Kipa
Edmund Cobb
Patient
Karl 'Killer' Davis
Libyan Guard
Carmen De Lavallade
Egyptian Dancer
Jimmy Dime
Soldier
Franco Fantasia
Hittite Officer
John George
Man in Street (uncredited)
Mimi Gibson
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Michael Granger
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Paul Kruger
High Priest
Ian MacDonald
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Donna Martell
Lady in Waiting
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Foreman, House of Death
George Melford
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Harry Shearer
Boy
Ray Spiker
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Alice Tissot
Old Woman Near the House of Death
Joan Winfield
Governess
Nico Minardos
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Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Michael Curtiz
Director
Barbara McLean
Editor
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
Mika Waltari
Novel
Casey Robinson
Screenplay
Philip Dunne
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