Land of the Pharaohs

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Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

PG 07/24/1955 (US) Drama, History 1h 45m

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HER BLOOD STAINED EVERY STONE OF THE PYRAMID

Overview

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.

Howard Hawks

Director
William Faulkner

Writer
Harry Kurnitz

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Harold Jack Bloom

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Jack Hawkins

Pharaoh Khufu
Joan Collins

Princess Nellifer
Dewey Martin

Senta
Alex Minotis

Hamar
James Robertson Justice

Vashtar
Luisella Boni

Kyra
Sydney Chaplin

Treneh
James Hayter

Mikka
Kerima

Queen Nailla
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A review by John Chard

6.5

Written by John Chard on December 29, 2013

The barbarous love that left Egypt’s great pyramid as its wondrous landmark.

Land of the Pharaohs is directed by Howard Hawks and collectively written by Harold Jack Bloom, William Faulkner and Harry Kurnitz. It stars Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, James Robertson Justice, Dewey Martin and Alex Minotis. Music is by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Lee Garmes and Russell Harlan.

It falls into the filmic splinter of historical epics that thrived greatly in the 50s and 60s, where a cast of thousands are costumed up to the nines, the sets sparkle and location photography smoothes the eyes.... read the rest.

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