After marrying an archaeologist, a Victorian-era woman with a sordid past realizes that she is not ready to settle down with one man.
Costume
Merle Oberon's wardrobe commits harder than her character does to marriage.
Production
Egyptian locations shot in California — the ultimate cinematic pyramid scheme.
Director
Irving Pichel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Merle Oberon's first film after a 1945 car accident required extensive facial reconstruction — you can't tell.
The 'exotic Egypt' setting plays into 1940s Orientalist fantasy, with Charles Korvin (actually Hungarian) as the coded 'foreign threat' to Victorian domesticity.
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