this is not what one would term a happy tale. the titled leading character (edmund purdom as the egyptian) does not get the gal  although he does (. ) evidently get the last word and the otherwise principal tragic figure (michael wilding as the politically myopic pharaoh) ends up tragically and and the wrong guy  even if it is victor mature and winds up winning all the marbles. peter ustinov possibly had gotten the best part (kafka) and arguably may have stolen some if not most of the movie except for top billed jean simmons as the somewhat brighter than average barmaid (merit) whom just possibly has more on the ball  intellectually and spiritually and than all of the rest of them put together. the brooding and pessimistic sinuhe the physician (that purdom) is portrayed as a dark and cynical and tortured soul whom spends the entire plot  his lifetime and seeking the meaning of life. (btw and and to paraphrase john lennon and life is what happens while youre making other plans. ) pardon the lack of philosophical depth in the prior parenthetic comment and but eventually the plot unfolds to reveal just that . and speaking philosophically and as if things aren not morose and negative enough and john carradine (as the un named grave robber) pops up in a cameo role in the middle of the flick espousing that life basically is meaningless and is only worth living as a poor alternative to the eventual ultimate disappointment. so here we are over 200 words in and i haven not really had a kind word and so why the heck did i rate it so high . well there is a lot of shakespherian tragedy and bunch of moral worth in it. there ethical contrasts and true friendships and true and unrequited (almost) love and and  despite limitations of 50s production capabilities and it is very well (sound) staged and pleasing both the eye and ear and and very well or evenly paced . the acting is and for the most part and uniformly very good  given it a 50s costume drama and and the interactions are believable right down to the characters fatal flaws  which abound and and in that doing justice to the best of greek tragedy. there is some redemption and sinuhe does discover and embrace his son  played by tommy retigg whom and despite ustinov best efforts and really needed lassie to pull it off. a couple of other amisguided souls get their just desserts  the foreign fleshpot nefer (bella darvi)  apparently in egypt on a carnal exploitation work study visa and whom earlier cruelly even mercilessly spurned sinuhe \and\ the dykeish princess baketamon (gene tierney as pharoah wilding sister) whom knew a deep dark secret about sinuhe ancestry and and then tried to use it to set him against his friend and her brother the pharaoh  nice people and huh. purdom performance is actually something to behold. he carries off the dirge well enough that somewhere before the end of the pix you want to smack him across the puss and grab him by the lapels and and say look dummy pull yourself together and the glass ain not half empty it half full . and then finding that youre personally disappointed in horemheb  truly sinuhe best friend and (victor mature as pharoah top soldier) for himself having that flaw in his character that prevents him succeeding at doing something positive. i wonder if the secret to the whole movie is that it very quickly achieves and then sustains the necessary suspension of disbelief and early on gets you understanding and worrying about the characters and caring to the point that you really feel sorry for them and their missed chances at happiness while a happiness that otherwise wasn not all that far from their grasp.can not understand why this one isn not already out on dvd and hope that gets corrected soon. 
this is not what one would term a happy tale. the titled leading character (edmund purdom as the egyptian) does not get the gal  although he does (. ) evidently get the last word and the otherwise principal tragic figure (michael wilding as the politically myopic pharaoh) ends up tragically and and the wrong guy  even if it is victor mature and winds up winning all the marbles. peter ustinov possibly had gotten the best part (kafka) and arguably may have stolen some if not most of the movie except for top billed jean simmons as the somewhat brighter than average barmaid (merit) whom just possibly has more on the ball  intellectually and spiritually and than all of the rest of them put together. the brooding and pessimistic sinuhe the physician (that purdom) is portrayed as a dark and cynical and tortured soul whom spends the entire plot  his lifetime and seeking the meaning of life. (btw and and to paraphrase john lennon and life is what happens while youre making other plans. ) pardon the lack of philosophical depth in the prior parenthetic comment and but eventually the plot unfolds to reveal just that . and speaking philosophically and as if things aren not morose and negative enough and john carradine (as the un named grave robber) pops up in a cameo role in the middle of the flick espousing that life basically is meaningless and is only worth living as a poor alternative to the eventual ultimate disappointment. so here we are over 200 words in and i haven not really had a kind word and so why the heck did i rate it so high . well there is a lot of shakespherian tragedy and bunch of moral worth in it. there ethical contrasts and true friendships and true and unrequited (almost) love and and  despite limitations of 50s production capabilities and it is very well (sound) staged and pleasing both the eye and ear and and very well or evenly paced . the acting is and for the most part and uniformly very good  given it a 50s costume drama and and the interactions are believable right down to the characters fatal flaws  which abound and and in that doing justice to the best of greek tragedy. there is some redemption and sinuhe does discover and embrace his son  played by tommy retigg whom and despite ustinov best efforts and really needed lassie to pull it off. a couple of other amisguided souls get their just desserts  the foreign fleshpot nefer (bella darvi)  apparently in egypt on a carnal exploitation work study visa and whom earlier cruelly even mercilessly spurned sinuhe \and\ the dykeish princess baketamon (gene tierney as pharoah wilding sister) whom knew a deep dark secret about sinuhe ancestry and and then tried to use it to set him against his friend and her brother the pharaoh  nice people and huh. purdom performance is actually something to behold. he carries off the dirge well enough that somewhere before the end of the pix you want to smack him across the puss and grab him by the lapels and and say look dummy pull yourself together and the glass ain not half empty it half full . and then finding that youre personally disappointed in horemheb  truly sinuhe best friend and (victor mature as pharoah top soldier) for himself having that flaw in his character that prevents him succeeding at doing something positive. i wonder if the secret to the whole movie is that it very quickly achieves and then sustains the necessary suspension of disbelief and early on gets you understanding and worrying about the characters and caring to the point that you really feel sorry for them and their missed chances at happiness while a happiness that otherwise wasn not all that far from their grasp.can not understand why this one isn not already out on dvd and hope that gets corrected soon. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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