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Production info

My Fair Pharaoh
USA, 1980 TV
TV-series Fantasy Island
Ricardo Montalban, Herve Villechaize, Joan Collins, Michael Ansara
Directed by George McCowan

Lucy Atwell travels in time to ancient Egypt in the role of Cleopatra, only to find her life in grave danger.
Joan Collins plays the lead role in this episode 63 of the legendary television series "Fantasy Island", which ran for 156 episodes from 1978 to 1984. The series centers around a mysterious island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean where people from all walks of life come and live out their fantasies for a price. For other ancient Egyptian content in this series, see the 1978 episode "The Tomb".

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