Top billed cast

1. 

   Debra Paget

   Princess Shalimar / Taura the dancer

2. 

   Jeffrey Hunter

   Prince Haidi

3. 

   Michael Rennie

   Rama Khan

4. 

   Dona Drake

   Mirva

5. 

   Michael Ansara

   Capt. Kral

6. 

   Edgar Barrier

   Shaman

7. 

   Wally Cassell

   Goghi

8. 

   Jack Elam

   Basra

9. 

   Lisa Daniels

   Handmaiden

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2026-06-12

**_Colorful fictionalized portrayal of Egypt in 1249 AD_**

Debra Paget plays an Egyptian princess who masquerades as a dancer and has an entertaining dance sequence that prefigures the two she would do five years later in Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic duology. The latter consists of “The Tiger of Eschnapur” & “The Indian Tomb,” which were butchered into one 95-minute film for American audiences called “Journey to the Lost City” in 1960.

This is a ‘B’ movie by comparison, but it’s still very entertaining if you can roll with the “Yeah, right” fabrications. It smacks of ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• princess
• rebellion
• nile
• belly dancing
• thief
• ancient egypt
• caliph
• 13th century