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1965 | Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi
108 mins United Kingdom
Hammer fantasy adventure. Shortly after the First World War, a group of adventurers find themselves drawn to a legendary lost city, ruled over by a ruthless and apparently immortal queen.
| Produced by | Warner Bros. |
| Director | Robert Day |
| Writer | David T. Chantler |
| Cast | Ursula Andress, John Richardson, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Rosenda Monteros, André Morell and John Maxim |
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Obviously, you have to overlook the fact that the ancient Egyptian queen looks and sounds so Swiss, but apart from that there is a lot to enjoy here, although it is probably all a bit unreconstructed by modern standards (the whiter and blonder you are, the more important and beautiful). Peter Cushing does the business, as usual; Christopher Lee doesn't get enough to do. The main problem is that the film's central relationship (between Richardson and Andress) is just terribly tepid and not dramatic enough to power the second half of the film; as a result this is one of those movies that starts very strongly but discovers that the lost city is worth seeing, but not really worth the trouble of going to see. Probably still worth a look, overall, if 60s fantasy films are your cup of tea.