Loosely based on the writings of Euripides, Phaedra stars international screen sensation Melina Mercouri (Never on Sunday) in the title role of a woman, as the theatrical trailer announced, who "had everything... was queen... until destiny uprooted her world." Set against some of Europe's most beautiful backdrops including Paris, London and Greece, Phaedra presents it's classical mythological tropes in a modern setting, where the beautiful, moneyed and bored Phaedra will face the tragic results of a doomed love affair with her stepson, Alexis (Anthony Perkins, Psycho). Raf Vallone is cast as Thanos, Phaedra's Greek shipping magnate husband.