Valley of the Kings (film) to Robert Taylor, who had successfully teamed with Parker in "Above and Beyond". Carlos Thompson played the second male lead. Charles Schnee was the supervising producer. MGM bought the rights to the archaeology text "Gods, Graves and Scholars" for "protection purposes", as it contained a chapter titled "Robbers in the Valley of the Kings", which might have been seen as having influenced the film's script. They paid a reported $25,000. Filming started in November 1953. The film was shot on location in Egypt over six weeks in Cairo, Luxor, Faiyum, Suez, the Western Desert and at the Pyramids of Giza.
Ursus in the Valley of the Lions "Valley of the Lions" (Ursus' name was omitted from the title for some reason). This film was also distributed as "Son of Atlas in the Valley of the Lions". An interesting note is that the actors who played the two villains in this film both appeared in Italian cult horror films as well. Alberto Lupo (King Ajak) had played the monster in "Atom Age Vampire" (1960), while Gerard Herter (who played Ajak's henchman Lothar in the film) had played a maniacal killer in "Caltiki, the Immortal Monster" (1959). The evil dictator Ajak sends his armies to attack a neighboring kingdom,