The Egyptian (1954)

Nefer: Wait. Before you touch me I must give you a warning.
Sinuhe: Warning?
Nefer: There is a reason the Goddess of Love takes the form of a cat.
Sinuhe: When I look at you I care nothing for cats or gods.
Nefer: 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.
Sinuhe: What has this to do with you and me?
Nefer: 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.
Sinuhe: I don't even know your name.
Nefer: In their foolishness, men gave me the name which means, beautiful.
Sinuhe: Nefer. Nefer. Nefer.

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Baketamon: I wish a word with you. Over here.
Horemheb: May I say I've long dreamed of a word with you.
Baketamon: We will discuss your dreams. I wish to speak with your friend, the physician.
Horemheb: Why are you so interested in him?
Baketamon: My brother's been asking for him. He hasn't yet presented himself at court.
Horemheb: Sinuhe has left the city. He's gone to... Memphis I think.
Baketamon: If you hope for further promotions don't lie to me.
Horemheb: I love my friend enough to lie for him, even to a royal princess. What do you want?
Baketamon: I want him saved from this creature who's stolen his wits.
Horemheb: That's easy, she's a Babylonian, have her banished or killed.
Baketamon: 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.
Horemheb: And how to you expect to accomplish that?
Baketamon: 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.
Horemheb: Your Highness flatters me.
Baketamon: I value you in the same way that you value yourself.
[He sees a gold serpent bracelet coiled around her lower arm]
Horemheb: Give me that bracelet.
Baketamon: You want a reward for helping the friend you love so much?
Horemheb: I want it for the Babylonian.
Baketamon: Oh? Then you're afraid that your manly charms won't be enough?
Horemheb: Not for her.
[he notices his friends looking their way]
Horemheb: My friends are watching us. They think you're awarding me an honor.
Baketamon: Let them think what they will.
Horemheb: Some day you'll strip your arms of honors

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Taia: Fowler's knots? Did you say... fowler's knots?

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The voices of the characters played by Mike Mazurki and Leo Gordon were dubbed by other actors for a more classical - and less American-street - quality.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 13 seconds
At a cost of five million dollars, the film took two years to research, the designers ultimately cataloging five million items of clothing and properties for the epic.
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