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Director: Howard Hawks
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From Time Out Film Guide
Hawks was always better with small groups of characters, but this Egyptian epic, concerning intrigue at the Pharaoh's court during the building of a massive pyramid, is far from uninteresting. Although the script (by Faulkner, among others) gets stranded with the usual slightly wooden dialogue considered necessary for ancient times, the story moves along at a stately but never sluggish pace, and is scattered with lovely moments, most notably the grim finale when Collins gets her ironic come-uppance. With sets by Trauner and camerawork by Lee Garmes, it looks great; certainly, alongside those of Nick Ray, one of the best epics.Author: GA
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- who3697cares said...
- Posted on Jan 10 2009 23:47 Of all the cheesy, but somehow fun, ancient-times epic of the 50's and 60's, this is my favorite.
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Cast & crew
Director: Howard Hawks
Producer: Howard Hawks
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin, James Robertson Justice, Alexis Minotis, Sydney Chaplin full cast
Genre(s): Epics
Duration: 103 mins
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