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Sphinx (1981) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1981 · 118 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Starring
- John Gielgud, Frank Langella, Saeed Jaffrey, Maurice Ronet, Behrouz Vossoughi, Victoria Tennant
Beyond a sealed door lies Egypt’s last undiscovered treasure, waiting for Egyptologist Erica Baron. On her long‑planned expedition to the Land of the Pharaohs, she finds far more than ancient gold—murder, theft, betrayal, a forbidden romance, and a mummy’s vengeful curse that threatens her very survival.
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