Sudan (1945)

After her father is murdered, an Egyptian princess (Maria Montez) scours the desert for those responsible for her father's death. Captured by slave traders, she is branded and sold as a slave but fate will aid her in avenging her father's death. Directed by John Rawlins (SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VOICE OF TERROR). While the film looks luscious in three strip Technicolor as shot by George Robinson (FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN), by 1945 the appeal of these Maria Montez exotic adventures was wearing thin. They were breaking at the seams and the inherent silliness was spilling out. It's a Hollywood version of ancient Egypt, where else would Andy Devine be cast as an Egyptian horseman? Oh, it's intermittently enjoyable but it's so by the numbers that you guess everything that happens before it happens. If you're a diehard Maria Montez fan, you'll no doubt be more forgiving but even she was getting tired of this stuff and wanted out of her Universal contract.  She'd do two more movies for Universal and she was out! With Jon Hall, Turhan Bey and George Zucco.