Nefertiti ~ Queen of the Nile - Part 1 - Jeanne Crain ◊ Edmund Purdom ◊ Vincent Price

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Nefertiti ~ Queen of the Nile (1961) starring Jeanne Crain, Edmund Purdom, Vincent Price and Liana Orfei. Directed by Fernando Cerchio.

Impossibly romantic Sword & Sandal film set in Ancient Egypt with one of the best cast ever. Aside from Crain, Purdom, Price, Orfei., there are others including Raf Baldassarre and Alberto Farnese.

The screenplay oozes story-book romance, with tormented lovers set against a beautiful and turbulent exotic setting. Production values are excellent or above average from other Peplums. The costumes alone are cool. 1940s starlet Jeanne Crain stars as Nefertiti, which is sorta of odd choice but works here. I admit I've only seen one of Crain's films, State Fair, so I'm not too familiar with her career. The male lead is played by uber dashing British actor Edmund Purdom, who was one of the most prolific stars of the Peplum genre and yet he's hardly remember today. One of his first made roles was in the seldom seen Hollywood epic The Egyptian. Sadly, Edmund died this past January. RIP.

And then there's Vincent Price who is always wonderful. His presence alone makes this a must see, whether you like romances or not.

My only gripes with this film are: Crain's crazy eyebrows. Wow! And this film needs to be viewed in widescreen.

During the Peplum explosion there were too few films set in Ancient Egypt. Director Cerchio also directed the great Cleopatra's Daughter. With just these two films, Cechio basically created a mini-Peplum subgenre all by his own.

Enjoy!

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