i would give this movie high mark for the cinema photography and performance . i just read a user comment concern the performance of the actress who play a conniving courtesan who fleece sinuoeh and the lead character . i remember a mini biography of this actress follow the movie the last time i saw it . apparently and she be a holocaust refugee and discover by a french husband and wife in the movie industry who be take with her extraordinary beauty . she die very young and under tragic circumstance . gene tierney be also outstanding in this film . like other neo biblical film of the 1940 and 50 and the egyptian reflect the moral and value of that time and but be still great entertainment because the performance be terrific and the story so well told .