LAND OF THE PHAROAHS

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• Release Year: 1955
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Director Howard Hawks, who worked brilliantly in practically every movie genre, shows his mastery of the large-scale epic with this gigantic production filmed on location in Egypt. Thousands of extras (9,787 in one scene alone!), magnificently detailed sets (including the pyramid's inner labyrinth, booby-trapped so no one can learn its secrets and live) and vast desert vistas fill the screen and astonish the eye. ; ; There are also human-scale stories. Of the Pharaoh (Jack Hawkins) who orders the pyramid as his tomb, dooming untold numbers to unending toil. Of the architect (James Robertson Justice) designing it to earn his people's freedom. Of the slaves constructing it of blood and sinew. And of a beautiful queen (Joan Collins) whose greed leads to murder – and a stunning revenge!;
• Cast: Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin, Alexis Minotis, James Robertson Justice, Luisella Boni, Sydney Chaplin, James Hayter, Kerima, Piero Giagnoni, Ferruccio Amendola, Gianfranco Bellini, Valérie Camille, Diego Carlisi, Carlo D'Angelo, Vittoria Febbi, David Muss, The Paul Steffan Dancers, Robert Rietty, Bud Thompson, Howard Hawks, William Faulkner, Harry Kurnitz, Harold Jack Bloom
• Director: Howard Hawks
• Runtime: 2:24
• Company: Continental Company, Warner Home Video, Warner Bros. Pictures
• Media Format: Movie