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Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom (19 December 1924 – 1 January 2009) was an English actor, voice artist, and director. He worked first on stage in Britain, performing various works by Shakespeare, then later in America on Broadway, until making his way to Hollywood, and eventually spent the remainder of his life appearing in Italian cinema. He is perhaps best known for his starring role in 1954's historical epic The Egyptian. By taking over important roles exited by Mario Lanza and Marlon Brando, Purdom was known by the mid-1950s as "The Replacement Star". Between the 1970s and 90s, he was a regular in European genre cinema, working with directors like Juan Piquer Simón, Joe D'Amato, Sergio Martino, Ruggero Deodato.

The Yellow Rolls-Royce ( 1964) | IMDb: 6.4

Comedy , Drama , Romance

One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.

Starring:

Ingrid Bergman , Rex Harrison , Shirley MacLaine , Jeanne Moreau , George C. Scott , Omar Sharif

Directed by:

Pamela Carlton , Kip Gowans , Robert Watts

Produced by:

Jimmy Komisarjevsky , Timothy Burrill , George Davis

The Diary of Anne Frank ( 1959) | IMDb: 7.4

Drama , History

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

Starring:

Millie Perkins , Joseph Schildkraut , Shelley Winters , Richard Beymer , Gusti Huber , Lou Jacobi

Directed by:

Garson Kanin , George Stevens , David S. Hall

Produced by:

George Stevens , George Stevens Jr.

The Egyptian ( 1954) | IMDb: 6.5

Drama , History

In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.

Starring:

Jean Simmons , Victor Mature , Gene Tierney , Peter Ustinov , Edmund Purdom , Michael Wilding

Directed by:

Michael Curtiz

Produced by:

Frances C. Richardson , Gertrude Kingston , Darryl F. Zanuck

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