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Land of the Pharaohs (Original title)
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 05 February 1956 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Directed by: Howard Hawks

Synopsis: Drama of the building of one of the Egyptian pyramids, and of the faithless queen of Pharaoh.

Genre:
Period drama

Subjects:
Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh, Pyramids
Releases
Date: 1955Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Warnercolor - Sound - StereoRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9324 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 24 June 1955Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - WarnercolorRuntime: 106 mins

Credits (27)
©: Continental Company Ltd., A Continental Company Ltd. Production: Continental Company Ltd., Presents/Distributed by: Warner Bros., Produced by: Howard Hawks, Associate Producer: Arthur Siteman, Unit Manager: Chuck Hansen, Production Manager: Gerry Blattner, Second Unit Director: Noel Howard, Assistant Director: Paul Helmick, Script Continuity: Maisie Kelly, Written by: William Faulkner, Written by: Harry Kurnitz, Harold Jack Bloom, Photographed by: Lee Garmes, Russell Harlan, Special Effects: Don Steward, Supervising Editor: Rudi Fehr, Film Editor: V. Sagovsky, Art Director: Alexandre Trauner, Property Master: Eddie Fowlie, Costumes Designed by: Mayo, Makeup Artist: Emile Lavigne, Hair Stylist: Ann Locker, Music Composed and Conducted by: Dimitri Tiomkin, Sound by: Oliver S. Garretson, Sound System: RCA
Cast (13)
Jack Hawkins (Pharaoh Kheops), Joan Collins (Princess Nellifer), Dewey Martin (Senta), Alexis Minotis (Hamar), James Robertson Justice (Vashtar), Luisa Boni (Kyra), Sydney Chaplin (Treneh), James Hayter (Mikka, Vashtar's servant), Kerima (Queen Nailla), Piero Giagnoni (Zani), Carlo D'angelo ([guard]), Diego Carlisi ([priest]), Robert Rietti ([voice of Hamar])