Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
Acting
Tyrone Power's jawline carries imperial ambition.
Production
20th Century Fox built massive Egypt sets in Utah.
Director
Allan Dwan
Tyrone Power
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Loretta Young
Countess Eugenie de Montijo
Annabella
Toni Pellerin
J. Edward Bromberg
Prince Said
Joseph Schildkraut
Vicomte Rene De Latour
Henry Stephenson
Count Mathieu de Lesseps
Sidney Blackmer
Marquis Du Brey
Maurice Moscovitch
Mohammed Ali
Sig Ruman
Sergeant Pellerin
Nigel Bruce
Sir Malcolm Cameron
Miles Mander
Benjamin Disraeli
George Zucco
Prime Minister
Leon Ames
Napoleon III - Emperor of France
Rafaela Ottiano
Maria De Teba
Victor Varconi
Victor Hugo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fox demolished the massive sets by flooding them for a 'realistic' collapse scene — then used THAT footage in other films.
The real de Lesseps' company collapsed spectacularly; the film conveniently skips to his triumphant return, ignoring the Panama scandal that ruined him.
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