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Joan Collins in Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

Joan Collins in Land of the Pharaohs (1955) In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh Khufu (Jack Hawkins) is obsessed with acquiring gold and plans to take it all with him into the “second life”. To this end, he enlists the aid…

Joan Collins Land of the Pharaohs 1955

Joan Collins Land of the Pharaohs 1955 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.

Gina Lollobrigida in Solomon and Sheba (1959)

Gina Lollobrigida in Solomon and Sheba (1959) Shortly before his death in ancient Israel King David has a vision from God telling him that his younger son Solomon should succeed him as king. His other son Adonijah is unhappy and…

Slaves of Babylon, 1953

Linda Christian The Jews are taken from Jerusalem and made slaves by King Nebuchadnezzar. In the meantime Cyrus, king of the Persians, who has been living as a shepherd, is proclaimed king and defeats Nebuchadnezzar.

Gina Lollobrigida in Solomon and Sheba (1959)

Gina Lollobrigida in Solomon and Sheba (1959) After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba.