---
title: 'Land of the Pharaohs (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard Hawks'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/land-of-the-pharaohs-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048283/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

1955 · 105 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Land of the Pharaohs is a 1955 American epic historical drama film in CinemaScope and WarnerColor from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced and directed by Howard Hawks. The cast was headed by Jack Hawkins as Pharaoh Khufu and Joan Collins as one of his wives, Nellifer. The film is a fictional account of the building of the Great Pyramid. Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner was one of the film's three credited screenwriters.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks), [Paul Helmick](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-helmick)
- **Producer:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks)
- **Screenplay:** [William Faulkner](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-faulkner), [Harry Kurnitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-kurnitz), [Harold Jack Bloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-jack-bloom)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Harlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-harlan), [Lee Garmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-garmes)
- **Editor:** [Rudi Fehr](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudi-fehr)

## Cast

- [Jack Hawkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hawkins) as Khufu
- [Alexis Minotis](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexis-minotis) as Hamar
- [Joan Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-collins) as Princess Nellifer
- [Kerima](https://cinepixo.com/people/kerima) as Queen Nailla
- [Dewey Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dewey-martin) as Senta
- [Sydney Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-chaplin) as Treneh
- [Robert Riettii](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-riettii) as Hamar
- [James Hayter](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hayter) as Mikka
- [James Robertson Justice](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-robertson-justice) as Vashtar
- [Carlo D'Angelo](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-d-angelo) as Nabuna
- [Luisella Boni](https://cinepixo.com/people/luisella-boni) as Kyra

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