“Egypt in the year 1900”: A team of archaeologists unearths an ancient mummy, despite dire warnings that there is a curse of death awaiting all who enter the tomb. As the expedition moves to London, where showman financier Alexander King plans to make a fortune by putting the mummy on show, it is not long before the curse begins to take its horrific toll….
Production Details
A Hammer film production released by Columbia Pictures Copyright MCMLXIV
Swallow Productions Ltd. – All rights reserved MPAA Approved Certificate No.20454
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Associated British Studios, Elstree, England
Technicolor 80mins Techniscope
Filming Began: 24th February 1964
UK Release: 18th October 1964
Studio:
Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Assistant Director | Bert Batt | 34 | 25 Apr 1930 | 6 Nov 2011 | 81 | 13 | 13 | ||
Associate Producer | Bill Hill | 43 | Jun 1921 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Boom Operator | David Jones | 28 | 1936 | 13 Jan 2006 | 70 | 1 | 1 | ||
Camera Operator | H.A.R. Thompson | 54 | 30 Sep 1910 | Jul 2003 | 92 | 3 | 3 | ||
Casting | David Booth | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Chief Draughtsman | Thomas Goswell | 73 | 28 Mar 1891 | 1982 | 90 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
Clapper Loader | Douglas Milsome | 25 | 1939 | 01.01.1939 | 85 | 1 | 1 | ||
Continuity | Eileen Head | 45 | 1919 | 1990 | 71 | 5 | 5 | ||
Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/# | 36 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 84 | 8 | 92 | |
Director of Photography | Otto Heller BSc | 68 | 8 Mar 1896 | 19 Feb 1970 | 73 | 1 | 1 | ||
Draughtsman | Tony Curtis | 27 | 25 Jan 1937 | 8 Jan 2021 | 83 | 1 | 1 | ||
Dubbing Crew | Robin O'Donnoghue | 19 | 13 Aug 1945 | 13.08.1945 | 79 | 2 | 2 | ||
Dubbing Crew | Dennis Whitlock | 36 | 1928 | 2008 | 80 | 13 | 1 | 14 | |
Dubbing Crew | Len Abbott | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
Editor | Eric Boyd-Perkins | 47 | 1917 | 4 Dec 2014 | 97 | 10 | 10 | ||
First Assistant Editor | Harry Ledger | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Focus Puller | Maurice Arnold | 36 | 13 Mar 1928 | 13 Jan 1989 | 60 | 2 | 2 | ||
Gaffer | Steve Birtles | 49 | 12 Nov 1914 | 2003 | 88 | 14 | 15 | 29 | |
Hair Stylist | Iris Tilley | 37 | 28 Nov 1926 | Jun 2002 | 75 | 1 | 1 | ||
Make-up Artist | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-ashton/# | 55 | 16 Apr 1909 | 10 Jan 1995 | 85 | 36 | 4 | 40 | |
Master Painter | Michael Finlay | 16 | 23 Apr 1948 | 23.04.1948 | 76 | 1 | 19 | 20 | |
Music Composer | Carlo Martelli | 28 | 12 Dec 1935 | 12.12.1935 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Musical Supervisor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/philip-martell/# | 57 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/# | 36 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 84 | 8 | 92 | |
Production Designer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/bernard-robinson/# | 52 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 45 | 4 | 49 | |
Production Secretary | Rhonda Grogan | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Props | Eric Hillier | 44 | 1920 | 1975 | 55 | 17 | 17 | ||
Publicist | Alan Arnold | 29 Aug 1987 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Screenplay as Henry Younger | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/# | 36 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 84 | 8 | 92 | |
Second Assistant Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/hugh-harlow/# | 25 | 17 Jun 1939 | 17.06.1939 | 85 | 5 | 33 | 38 | |
Second Assistant Editor | Brian Burgess | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sound Camera Operator | Geoffrey Lee | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sound Editor | James Groom | 39 | 1925 | 17 May 2016 | 91 | 13 | 2 | 15 | |
Sound Recordist | Claude Hitchcock | 45 | 8 Nov 1918 | 4 Oct 2010 | 91 | 14 | 4 | 18 | |
Special Effects | George Blackwell | 57 | 26 Feb 1907 | 1975 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Still Photographer | George Higgins | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Stunts | Peter Diamond | 35 | 10 Aug 1929 | 27 Mar 2004 | 74 | 4 | 25 | 29 | |
Supervising Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 45 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 | |
Technical Advisor | Andrew Low | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
Wardrobe | Betty Adamson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Wardrobe | John Briggs | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
1st Workman | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harold-goodwin/# | 46 | 22 Oct 1917 | 3 Jun 2004 | 86 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
2nd Arab | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/eddie-powell/# | 37 | 9 Mar 1927 | 11 Aug 2000 | 73 | 2 | 14 | 16 | |
2nd Workman | Jimmy Gardner | 40 | 24 Aug 1924 | 3 May 2010 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Adam Beauchamp | Terence Morgan | 42 | 8 Dec 1921 | 25 Aug 2005 | 83 | 1 | 1 | ||
Ahmed | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-ripper/# | 51 | 27 Jan 1913 | 28 Jun 2000 | 87 | 34 | 2 | 36 | |
Alexander King | Fred Clark | 50 | 19 Mar 1914 | 5 Dec 1968 | 54 | 1 | 1 | ||
Annette Dubois | Jeanne Roland | 27 | 19 Mar 1937 | 19.03.1937 | 87 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bearer in Museum | Roy Stewart | 39 | 15 May 1925 | 27 Oct 2008 | 83 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Belly Dancer | Durra | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Footlights Operator | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/maxwell-craig/# | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Hashmi Bey | George Pastell | 41 | 13 Mar 1923 | 4 Apr 1976 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
Housekeeper | Olga Dickie | 64 | 28 Aug 1900 | 7 Mar 1992 | 91 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Inspector | John Paul | 43 | 20 Apr 1921 | 23 Feb 1995 | 73 | 3 | 3 | ||
Jenny | Jill Meredith | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Jessop | Vernon Smythe | 64 | 2 Aug 1900 | 3 Jan 1993 | 92 | 1 | 1 | ||
John Bray | Ronald Howard | 46 | 7 Apr 1918 | 19 Dec 1996 | 78 | 1 | 1 | ||
Landlady | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/marianne-stone/# | 42 | 23 Aug 1922 | 21 Dec 2009 | 87 | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
London Reporter | Pat Gorman | 31 | 10 May 1933 | 9 Oct 2018 | 85 | 4 | 4 | ||
Man Organising Exhibition | Tony Thawnton | 44 | 17 Jan 1920 | 17.01.1920 | 104 | 1 | 1 | ||
Man Supervising Unpacking of Relics | Colin McKenzie | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Man Unpacking Relics | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/ernie-rice/# | 67 | 17 Nov 1896 | 1979 | 82 | 7 | 7 | ||
Police Constable | John Tatham | 53 | 29 Jul 1911 | Dec 1996 | 85 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
Prof. Eugene Dubois | Bernard Rebel | 63 | 6 Oct 1901 | 30 Sep 1964 | 62 | 1 | 1 | ||
Ra-Antef | Michael McStay | 31 | 1933 | 01.01.1933 | 91 | 1 | 1 | ||
Reporter at opening of exhibition | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/george-hilsdon/# | 57 | 25 Apr 1907 | 28 May 1982 | 75 | 7 | 7 | ||
Reporter at opening of exhibition | James Ure | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Reporter at opening of exhibition | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/joe-phelps/# | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Ship Attacker | George Leech | 42 | 6 Dec 1921 | 17 Jun 2012 | 90 | 1 | 1 | ||
Ship-Board Thief | Ray Austin | 31 | 5 Dec 1932 | 17 May 2023 | 90 | 2 | 2 | ||
Ships doctor | Charles Gilliard | 49 | 5 Feb 1915 | 1993 | 77 | 2 | 2 | ||
Ships Passenger | Cecil Paul | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Sir Giles Dalrymple | Jack Gwillim | 54 | 15 Dec 1909 | 2 Jul 2001 | 91 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sir Giless Housekeeper | Nora Gordon | 70 | 29 Nov 1893 | 11 May 1970 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Swordsman | Laurie Taylor | 46 | 13 Jul 1918 | 6 Aug 2003 | 85 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
The Mummy | Dickie Owen | 37 | 26 Mar 1927 | 7 Apr 2015 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Workman | Chris Adcock | 42 | 7 Apr 1922 | 1 Jan 1998 | 75 | 4 | 4 |
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Footnotes
Presumably taking a lead from Anthony Hinds’ nom-de-plume John Elder, this film was written by Michael Carreras under the name Henry Younger.
Terence Morgan was well-known to British TV audiences in the early sixties as Sir Francis Drake in the swashbuckling ITC series of the same name.
Fred Clark was a distinguished Hollywood supporting actor. His films include the classic White Heat (1949, starring James Cagney).