In the 1890s, a London courtesan snares a loving but naive Egyptologist, marries him and moves to Egypt.

[1] Small bought the rights to the novel in 1941, intending it as a vehicle for Ilona Massey, who had just appeared in International Lady for him.

On a visit to the set to see his friend Charles Korvin, Capa claimed that he could perform the role of Hamza better than could the actor who had been hired to play the part.

[5] In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Bosley Crowther panned the film, writing: "True enough, Miss Oberon looks lovely, Mr. Korvin behaves with bold sang-froid and George Brent is sufficiently unimpressive to seem a husband that a dame would double-cross.

Paul Lucas, Arnold Moss and Lenore Ulric also act as though they thought they had a script.