To prevent the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses I (Ian Keith) from condemning all newborn Hebrew males, the baby Moses (Fraser C. Heston) was floated on the Nile in a wicker basket. Saved by Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah (Nina Foch), she adopts him and raises him in the court of her brother Pharaoh Sethia (Sir Cedric Hardwicke). Moses (Charlton Heston) acquires Sethi’s affection and love for the throne princess Nefretiri (Anne Baxter) and hatred of Sethi’s son Ramesses II (Yul Brynner). When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is driven out of Egypt and travels through the desert, where he marries, has a son, and is commanded by God to return to Egypt to free the Hebrews from slavery. In Egypt, Moses’ worst enemy turned out not to be Ramesses II, but someone close to him who could harden his heart. Ron Kerrigan pls @;
