The Egyptian (1954)

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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.

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Edmund Purdom
Edmund Purdom as Sinuhe Died 2009 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom (19 December 1924 – 1 January 2009) was an English actor, voice artist, and director. He worked first on stage in Britain, performing various works by Shakespeare, then la...
Victor Mature
Victor Mature as Horemheb Died 1999 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA Victor John Mature was an American stage, film and television actor. In July 1942 Mature attempted to enlist in the U.S. Navy but was rejected for color blindness. He enlisted in the U.S.
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov as Kaptah Died 2004 · Camden, London, England, UK Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE (16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, scr...
Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons as Merit Died 2010 · Crouch Hill, London, England, UK Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010) was an English actress. She appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with films made in Great Britain during and after World...
Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney as Baketamon Died 1991 · Brooklyn, New York, USA Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed as one of the great beauties of her day, she is best-remembered for her performance in the t...
Bella Darvi
Bella Darvi as Nefer Died 1971 · Sosnowiec, Slaskie, Poland
Director Michael Curtiz
Cast Edmund Purdom, Victor Mature, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, Gene Tierney, Bella Darvi, Michael Wilding, Judith Evelyn, Henry Daniell, John Carradine

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CinemaSerf 6/10 Nov 22, 2022
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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