Pyramid schemes

Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

Directed by Howard Hawks this historic epic stars Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins and James Robertson Justice. In ancient Egypt a Pharaoh wants a tomb for his gold that cannot be robbed while his second wife schemes to get her hands on the Pharaoh's gold.

With literally a cask of thousands there is a real sense of scale in this film and what it does best is give an impression of what it took to build these great monuments of the ancient world. When it comes to the plot that is fairly standard fair and does at times run in second place to the pyramid building sections. The performances from the browned up cast are not bad so this film is certainly work a look.

4/5