ApprovedLand of the Pharaohs

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Play Time: 105 mins
Drama, History
Land of the Pharaohs

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.

Status: Released (1955-07-24)
Screen:William Faulkner, Harry Kurnitz, Harold Jack Bloom
Productions: Continental Film, Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Land of the Pharaohs
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John Chard

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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 Mart ....

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Wuchak

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_**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 ....

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CinemaSerf

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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 ....

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