Secret of the Sphinx

Secret of the Sphinx

1964 · 95 min · ★ 7.0 · Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Shot on location in Egypt, the story unfurls like an Italian Giallo as a group of people meet under strange circumstances, and one by one they are murdered. Gold is missing so you suspect a thief is trying to cover up his crime but that might be too obvious.

Directed by Duccio Tessari · Written by Guido Zurli

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