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Land of the Pharaohs

HER BLOOD STAINED EVERY STONE OF THE PYRAMID

6.5(114)19551h 45m3

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2.9M
Box office
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Language
English
  • egypt
  • pyramid
  • ancient egypt
  • cobra
  • pharoah
  • sarcophagus
  • 26th century bc

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Behind the camera

Director

Howard Hawks

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG24 Jul 1955
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical3 May 1956
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical121 Mar 1956
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1119 Sept 1958
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical12Warner23 Sept 1955

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Land of the Pharaohs was released on 24 July 1955.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    12/29/2013

    6.5/10

    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 splin…

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    Wuchak

    10/12/2021

    7/10

    _**Building the Great Pyramid in Egypt**_ After years of war victories and accumulated wealth circa 2600 BC, Pharaoh Khufu (Jack Hawkins) becomes obsessed with building an impenetrable tomb for his body & riches, etc. Khufu turns to the brilliant architect and newly acquired slave, Vashtar (James Robertson Justice), to build the Great Pyramid, aka the Pyramid of Cheops or Giza. Joan Collins in on hand as Nellifer,…

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    CinemaSerf

    11/14/2022

    6/10

    I wouldn't say that this was Jack Hawkins' finest film and it certainly isn't something that would have kept Cecil B. de Mille awake at night but it is watchable enough despite the script being a bit garrulous. Hawkins' Pharaoh Khufu tasks a captive James Robertson Justice to design and build a tomb that cannot be robbed - and the film tells a tale of court intrigues, greed and lust for power whilst that is being bui…

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