In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.

• 20th Century Fox
• Jean Simmons
• Victor Mature
• Gene Tierney
• Peter Ustinov
• Edmund Purdom
• Michael Wilding
• Bella Darvi
• Judith Evelyn