The Sphinx

The Sphinx

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Lesley-Anne Down
Lesley-Anne Down
, Frank Langella
Frank Langella
, John Gielgud
John Gielgud
, Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet
Franklin J. Schaffner
The Sphinx

The Sphinx

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Lesley-Anne Down
Lesley-Anne Down
, Frank Langella
Frank Langella
, John Gielgud
John Gielgud
, Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet
Franklin J. Schaffner

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Overview

After a string of hits that included Planet of the Apes (1968), Patton (1970), Papillon (1973), and The Boys from Brazil (1978), director Franklin J. Schaffner stumbled badly with this expensive wannabe cousin to Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Based on a novel by author Robin Cook, this romance-adventure stars Lesley-Anne Down as Erica Baron, a female archaeologist who is searching for a lost Egyptian tomb, hoping that she will be responsible for the next discovery along the lines of King Tut's Tomb. Erica witnesses the murder of a native, Abdu Hamdi (John Gielgud doing his best Alec Guinness impersonation) and when she attempts to solve the crime, she becomes the target of a campaign to kill her using a variety of creative methods, including bats and entombment. In the course of her adventures, Erica also falls in love with a handsome Egyptologist, Ahmed Khazzan (Frank Langella). Sphinx (1981) was a box office disaster from which Schaffner never recovered, directing only three more pictures.

Product Details

Release Date: 03/02/2010
UPC: 0883316236970
Original Release: 1981
Rating: PG
Source: Warner Archives
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 1:57:00
Sales rank: 22,115

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Lesley-Anne Down Erica Baron
Frank Langella Akmed Khazzan
John Gielgud Abdu-Hamdi
Maurice Ronet Yvon Mageot
Vic Tablian Khalifa
Martin Benson Muhammed
John Rhys-Davies Stephanos Markoulis
Nadim Sawalha Gamal
Tutte Lemkow Tewfik
Saeed Jaffrey Selim
Eileen Way Aida
William Hootkins Don
James Cossins Carter
Mark Kingston Carter
Victoria Tennant Actor
Michael Lewis Composer

Technical Credits
Stanley O'Toole Producer
Franklin J. Schaffner Director,Executive Producer,Producer
John Byrum Screenwriter
Cyril Swern Sound/Sound Designer
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