Sphinx (1981)
2.8 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 54min
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- Synopsis:
- Dedicated Egyptologist Erica Baron (Lesley-Anne Down) is researching a paper about the chief architect to Pharaoh Seti. Soon after her arrival in Cairo, she witnesses the brutal murder of unscrupulous art dealer Abdu-Hamdi (John Gielgud), meets a French journalist named Yeon (Maurice Ronet), and is befriended by Akmed Khazzan (Frank Langella), who heads the antiquities division of the United Nations. When she journeys to the Valley of the Kings in Luxor to search a tomb reportedly filled with treasures, she finds herself the target of black marketeers determined to keep the riches themselves.
- Actors:
- Lesley-Anne Down, Frank Langella, Maurice Ronet, John Gielgud, Vic Tablian, Martin Benson, John Rhys-Davies, Nadim Sawalha, Tutte Lemkow, Saeed Jaffrey, Eileen Way, William Hootkins, Mark Kingston, James Cossins, Victoria Tennant, Cengiz Saner, Kevork Malikyan, Ismat Rafat, Yashaw Adem, Ahmed Abdel Wareth
- Directors:
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Writers:
- John Byrum, Robin Cook
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Thrillers
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Archaeology on Screen: Part 1
