The Egyptian (film) Quotes

The Egyptian (film) is a television show that first aired in 1970 . The Egyptian ended in 1970.

It features Darryl F. Zanuck as producer, Bernard Herrmann in charge of musical score, and Leon Shamroy as head of cinematography.

The Egyptian (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Egyptian (film) is 136 minutes long. The Egyptian (film) is distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The cast includes: Edmund Purdom as Sinuhe, Bella Darvi as Nefer, Victor Mature as Horemheb, and Gene Tierney as Baketamon.

The Egyptian (film) Quotes

Bella Darvi as Nefer

• (Bella Darvi) "No. I brought you here only to show you the gate in my garden wall. Later, when all of my guests have gone -- I will be here by my lotus pool."
• (Edmund Purdom) "Why do you tell me this?"
• (Bella Darvi) "Perhaps because I am fond of gifts, and the greatest gift any man can bring to a woman is his innocence, which he can give only once."

• (Bella Darvi) "Wait. Before you touch me I must give you a warning."
• (Edmund Purdom) "Warning?"
• (Bella Darvi) "There is a reason the Goddess of Love takes the form of a cat."
• (Edmund Purdom) "When I look at you I care nothing for cats or gods."
• (Bella Darvi) "Look Sinuhe. A cat's paws are soft. But they hide claws. A cat takes pleasure in tormenting its victim. Not until the creature is nearly dead does it show pity -- and put an end to it."
• (Edmund Purdom) "What has this to do with you and me?"
• (Bella Darvi) "You've had less experience, and I must be what I am. Leave now and do not return through the gate in my wall, or you may regret it all your life."
• (Edmund Purdom) "I don't even know your name."
• (Bella Darvi) "In their foolishness, men gave me the name which means, beautiful."
• (Edmund Purdom) "Nefer. Nefer. Nefer."

Gene Tierney as Baketamon

• (Gene Tierney) "I wish a word with you. Over here."
• (Victor Mature) "May I say I've long dreamed of a word with you."
• (Gene Tierney) "We will discuss your dreams. I wish to speak with your friend, the physician."
• (Victor Mature) "Why are you so interested in him?"
• (Gene Tierney) "My brother's been asking for him. He hasn't yet presented himself at court."
• (Victor Mature) "Sinuhe has left the city. He's gone to -- Memphis I think."
• (Gene Tierney) "If you hope for further promotions don't lie to me."
• (Victor Mature) "I love my friend enough to lie for him, even to a royal princess. What do you want?"
• (Gene Tierney) "I want him saved from this creature who's stolen his wits."
• (Victor Mature) "That's easy, she's a Babylonian, have her banished or killed."
• (Gene Tierney) "He'd follow her into exile or mourn over her grave the rest of his life. No. He must be made to see that she's worthless."
• (Victor Mature) "And how to you expect to accomplish that?"
• (Gene Tierney) "By letting him find out that she's betrayed him with his best friend. You shouldn't find that too difficult. Such women like to be assaulted as if they were fortresses."
• (Victor Mature) "Your Highness flatters me."
• (Gene Tierney) "I value you in the same way that you value yourself."
• (Victor Mature) "Give me that bracelet."
• (Gene Tierney) "You want a reward for helping the friend you love so much?"
• (Victor Mature) "I want it for the Babylonian."
• (Gene Tierney) "Oh? Then you're afraid that your manly charms won't be enough?"
• (Victor Mature) "Not for her."
• (Victor Mature) "My friends are watching us. They think you're awarding me an honor."
• (Gene Tierney) "Let them think what they will."
• (Victor Mature) "Some day you'll strip your arms of honors for me, your ankles and your neck."
• (Gene Tierney) "Save your passions for the Babylonian. She'll appreciate them more than I do."

Victor Mature as Horemheb

• (Victor Mature) "Your Highness shoots well for a woman."
• (Gene Tierney) "A child's game. I see one promotion."
• (Victor Mature) "Why not? A real soldier here is like a falcon among sparrows."

Edmund Purdom as Sinuhe

• (Edmund Purdom) "I, Sinuhe the Egyptian, write this. In my place of exile on the shores of the Red Sea. There is no more desolate spot on earth. Soon the jackals and the vultures will make a poor meal of what is left of me. No monument will mark my resting place. I will leave only this, the story of my life. I have lived fully and deeply. I have tasted passion, crime and even murder. It is for you to judge me. You must weigh the good against the evil, the passion against the tenderness, the crime against the charity, the pleasure against the pain. I began life as I am ending it, alone. I rode alone on the bosom of the Nile in a boat of reeds dawbed with pitch and tied with fowler's knots. Thus the city of Thebes was accustomed to dispose of its unwanted children. I grew up on the waterfront of the city in the house of my foster parents who had saved me from the river. My foster father lived there by choice because he was also, by choice, physician to the poor of the city. From the rich he could have commanded princely fees, for he alone, in Thebes, was master of the ancient art of opening skulls. From the beginning I kept to myself. I used to wander alone on the banks of the Nile. Until the day came when I was ready to enter the School of Life. In the School of Life were trained the chosen young men of Egypt. The future scientists, philosophers, statesmen and generals. All the learning of Egypt lay in the keeping of the gods. For ten years I served them in the school that I might earn the right to call myself a physician. I learned to bend my body to them, but that was all. My mind still asked a question. Why?"

• (Edmund Purdom) "I have spent my life in seeking knowledge. This is what I know. I have written this for you my son, wherever you are and for your children and your children's children. It's a poor legacy. But it's all I have."

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