Nefertiti, Queen Of The Nile (1961)

In ancient Egypt, a sculptor (Edmund Purdom) is in love with a young girl (Jeanne Crain) who is being groomed as a priestess. The high priest (Vincent Price) finds out about their romance and has the sculptor arrested for the priest intends the girl to marry the Pharaoh (Amedeo Nazzari) and become the Queen of Egypt. Directed by Fernando Cerchio, this slice of peplum is only marginally a historical drama. There's not much factual data in the film but plenty of nonsense and it culminates in the storming of the palace by insurrectionists. If you're partial to Italian sword and sandal epics then this should go down nicely (it's only 90 minutes long). It's a handsome looking film courtesy of cinematographer Massimo Dallamano (FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE) and the three Hollywood lead actors dutifully do what they were hired for: Crain to look beautiful, Price to ham it up with wickedness and Purdom to basically play THE EGYPTIAN again. I have a penchant for this sort of claptrap (so sue me!) so I had a good time viewing it. With Liana Orfei and Carlo D'Angelo.