HER BLOOD STAINED EVERY STONE OF THE PYRAMID
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.
Director: Howard Hawks
Writers: William Faulkner, Harry Kurnitz, Harold Jack Bloom
TCMThe 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…
_**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 s…
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 des…
