Suez

Oct 28, 1938

1h 44m

★ 5.2

HE CHANGED THE MAP of the World!

Overview

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

Genres

Drama

History

Romance

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Suez Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Ferdinand de Lesseps

Tyrone Power

Countess Eugenie de Montijo

Loretta Young

Toni Pellerin

Annabella

Prince Said

J. Edward Bromberg

Vicomte Rene De Latour

Joseph Schildkraut

Count Mathieu de Lesseps

Henry Stephenson

Marquis Du Brey

Sidney Blackmer

Mohammed Ali

Maurice Moscovitch

Sergeant Pellerin

Sig Ruman

Sir Malcolm Cameron

Nigel Bruce

Benjamin Disraeli

Miles Mander

Prime Minister

George Zucco

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