The Egyptian
- Released on
- Runtime
- 139 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Edmund Purdom
- Victor Mature
- Peter Ustinov
- Jean Simmons
- Gene Tierney
- Bella Darvi
- Michael Wilding
- Judith Evelyn
- Henry Daniell
- John Carradine
- Carl Benton Reid
- Tommy Rettig
- Anitra Stevens
- Michael Ansara
- Henry Corden
- Mady Comfort
- Richard Allan
- Sharon Jan Altman
- Rama Bai
- Don Bender
- Don Blackman
- Geraldine Bogdonovich
- Brad Brown
- George Bruggeman
- George Chester
- Angela Clarke
- Edmund Cobb
- Karl 'Killer' Davis
- Carmen De Lavallade
- Alvin Burke Deer
- James Dime
- Franco Fantasia
- Dede Gainor
- Aurello Galli
- John George
- Mimi Gibson
- Michael Granger
- Yeghishe Harout
- Lars Hensen
- Kay Koury
- Paul Kruger
- Ian MacDonald
- Tyler MacDuff
- Tiger Joe Marsh
- Donna Martell
- Mike Mazurki
- George Melford
- John Mooney
- Wilma Reid
- Peter Reynolds
- John Roy
- Lawrence Ryle
- Paul Salata
- Harry Shearer
- Ray Spiker
- Saye Sumi
- Harry Thompson
- Alice Tissot
- Joan Winfield
- Nico Minardos
Director
- Michael Curtiz
Producers
- Darryl F. Zanuck
Screenwriter
- Casey Robinson
- Philip Dunne