

Secret of the Sphinx
1964-09-04 · 95 min · ★ 7.0
Shot on location in Egypt, the story unfurls like an Italian Giallo as a group of people meet under strange circumstances, and one by one they are murdered. Gold is missing so you suspect a thief is trying to cover up his crime but that might be too obvious.
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Production details
- Directors
- Duccio Tessari
- Production companies
- Top Films Productions, Egyptian General Company for International Film Production, Italcine
- Countries
- Egypt, Italy, Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Tony RusselThomas
Maria PerschyHélène Blomberg
Maria Laura RoccaMartha (as Manuela Kent)
Ivan DesnyGreen (as Juan Desny)
Salah ZulfikarAchmed
Tullio Altamura(as Tor Altmayer)
Evar MaranTchurov
Joe Kamel
Franco Ressel
Said Abou Bakr
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