Overview
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
Cast
- Edmund Purdom as Sinuhe
- Victor Mature as Horemheb
- Peter Ustinov as Kaptah
- Jean Simmons as Merit
- Gene Tierney as Baketamon
- Bella Darvi as Nefer
- Michael Wilding as Akhnaton
- Judith Evelyn as Taia
- Henry Daniell as Mekere
- John Carradine as Grave Robber