Status
Released
original language
English
Budget
$ 5000000
Revenue
$ 15000000

Sinuhe

Horemheb

Kaptah

Merit

Baketamon

Nefer

Akhnaton

Taia

Mekere

Grave Robber

Senmut

Thoth

Queen Nefertiti

Hittite Commander

Hittite Officer

Egyptian Female

Student in School of Life

Princess

Citizen

Boy

Nubian Prince

Tavern Waitress

Palace Soldier

Soldier

Nubian Guard

Kipa

Patient

Libyan Guard

Egyptian Dancer

Boy

Soldier

Hittite Officer

Princess

Boy

Man in Street (uncredited)

Princess

Officer

Syrian at Nefer's

Citizen

Citizen

High Priest

Ship's Captain

Cadet

Libyan Guard

Lady in Waiting

Foreman, House of Death

Priest

Officer

Nefer's Maid

Sinuhe - Age 10

Servant

Priest

Egyptian Official

Boy

Soldier

Nefer's Maid

Nubian

Old Woman Near the House of Death

Governess


Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-11-21
Edmund Purdom plays the title role in this scalpel-and-sandal melodrama that may be loosely based on "The Tale of Sinuhe" from the 12th and 13th dynasties (c. 1900 BC) as a physician and his friend who encounter the Pharaoh (Michael Wilding) in the desert and rescue him from a lion after he has had some sort of fit. "Sinuhe" becomes a wealthy and well patronised doctor to the court and to the rich and famous and the film takes us through his, and the kingdom's, ups and downs. Victor Mature plays his ambitious friend Horemheb; Peter Ustinov is great as the rather morally challenged "Kaptah" and Bella Darvi is super as the enigmatic "Nefer". The writing is a bit long-winded and the acting stilted, but Michael Curtiz keeps it just about moving until a rather flat ending.