Summoned by mysterious, telepathic forces, the beautiful Carol, who seems to have no memory as to her true identity, is determined that she must get to the lost city of Kuma and death is the reward for anyone who tries to stop her. In the city, she is awaited by Killikrates, now immortal thanks to the effects of bathing in the sacred flame. He has been persuaded that Carol is the reincarnation of his lost love Ayesha, but is she really ‘She’ or just a normal young woman chosen at random by someone who wishes to exploit Killikrates’ obsession?
Production Details
A Seven Arts-Hammer Film production presented by Associated British Pathe Limited and released through Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox (USA)
Copyright MCMLXVII Hammer Film Productions Limited – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 21664
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
Based on characters created by H. Rider Haggard
RCA Sound System
Made at the Elstree Studios of Associated British Productions Ltd, Boreham Wood, Herts, England and on location
Technicolor 101 mins
Filming Began: 26th June 1967
UK Release: 14th April 1968
Studio:
Elstree Studios of Associated British Picture Corporation, Hertfordshire
Location:
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Almería, Andalucía, Spain
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 Boom Operator | Peter Margrave | 8 | 8 | ||||||
Assistant Director | Terence Clegg | 30 | 2 Dec 1937 | 02.12.1937 | 86 | 1 | 1 | ||
Camera Operator | Ray Sturgess | 57 | 28 Oct 1910 | Jan 2000 | 89 | 2 | 2 | ||
Clapper Loader | Trevor Coop | 22 | 16 Sep 1945 | 16.09.1945 | 79 | 2 | 2 | ||
Continuity | Phyllis Townshend | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Costume Designer | Carl Toms | 40 | 29 May 1927 | 4 Aug 1999 | 72 | 7 | 7 | ||
Director | Cliff Owen | 49 | 22 Apr 1919 | Nov 1993 | 75 | 1 | 1 | ||
Director of Photography | Wolf Suschitzky | 55 | 29 Aug 1912 | 7 Oct 2016 | 104 | 1 | 1 | ||
Editor | Raymond Poulton | 51 | 22 May 1916 | 1992 | 75 | 1 | 1 | ||
First Assistant Editor | William Parnell | 22 | 1946 | 01.01.1946 | 78 | 3 | 3 | ||
Focus Puller | Maurice Arnold | 40 | 13 Mar 1928 | 13 Jan 1989 | 60 | 2 | 2 | ||
Hair Stylist | Mervyn Medalie | 33 | 15 Mar 1935 | 15.03.1935 | 89 | 1 | 1 | ||
Make-up | Michael Morris | 52 | 10 Jul 1915 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Model Maker | Joy Cuff | 24 | 1944 | 01.01.1944 | 80 | 2 | 2 | ||
Music and Special Musical Effects Composer | Mario Nascimbene | 54 | 28 Nov 1913 | 6 Jan 2002 | 88 | 4 | 4 | ||
Musical Supervisor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/philip-martell/# | 60 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
Painter | Michael Finlay | 19 | 23 Apr 1948 | 23.04.1948 | 76 | 1 | 19 | 20 | |
Producer | Aida Young | 47 | 11 Aug 1920 | 12 Aug 2007 | 87 | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
Production Designer | Lionel Couch | 54 | 20 May 1913 | 31 Aug 1989 | 76 | 3 | 3 | ||
Production Manager | Dennis Bertera | 50 | 1918 | 1997 | 79 | 3 | 3 | ||
Recording Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/aw-lumkin/# | 55 | 1 Feb 1913 | 25 Oct 1985 | 72 | 30 | 30 | ||
Ritual Sequences Designer | Andrew Low | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
Screenplay | Peter ODonnell | 48 | 11 Apr 1920 | 3 May 2010 | 90 | 1 | 1 | ||
Solo Saxophone played | Tubby Hayes | 33 | 30 Jan 1935 | 8 Jun 1973 | 38 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sound Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-hyde/# | 48 | 15 Feb 1920 | 28 Jun 1985 | 65 | 30 | 1 | 31 | |
Sound Editor | Jack Knight | 37 | 9 Aug 1930 | 7 Nov 1993 | 63 | 15 | 15 | ||
Sound Recordist | Bill Rowe | 37 | 2 Feb 1931 | 29 Sep 1992 | 61 | 10 | 10 | ||
Special Effects | Bob Cuff | 46 | 1922 | 10 Feb 2010 | 88 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Special Effects | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/les-bowie/# | 54 | 10 Nov 1913 | 27 Jan 1979 | 65 | 30 | 13 | 43 | |
Special Effects Assistant | Nick Allder | 25 | 23 Feb 1943 | 23.01.1943 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Supervising Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 48 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 | |
Third Assistant Director | Julian White | 22 | 1948 | 01.01.1948 | 76 | 1 | 1 | ||
Wardrobe Mistress | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/rosemary-burrows/# | 36 | 5 | 41 | |||||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Carol | Olinka Berova | 25 | 15 Mar 1943 | 15.03.1943 | 81 | 1 | 1 | ||
Cave Dweller | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-fielder/# | 27 | 26 Apr 1940 | 6 Feb 2021 | 80 | 10 | 10 | ||
Cultist | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/fred-wood/# | 46 | 26 Oct 1921 | 25 Jan 2003 | 81 | 19 | 19 | ||
Cultist | Anthony Lang | 2 Mar 1992 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Cultist | Maurice Connor | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Dancer | Christine Pockett | 2010 | 1 | 1 | |||||
George Carter | Colin Blakeley | 37 | 23 Sep 1930 | 7 May 1987 | 56 | 1 | 1 | ||
Girl at Party | Dana Gillespie | 19 | 30 Mar 1949 | 30.03.1949 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Harry Walker | George Sewell | 43 | 31 Aug 1924 | 2 Apr 2007 | 82 | 2 | 2 | ||
Kassim | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/andre-morell/# | 58 | 20 Aug 1909 | 28 Nov 1978 | 69 | 9 | 9 | ||
Killikrates | John Richardson | 34 | 19 Jan 1934 | 5 Jan 2021 | 3 | 3 | |||
Killikrates (voice) | David de Keyser | 40 | 22 Aug 1927 | 20 Feb 2021 | 93 | 3 | 3 | ||
Lorry Driver | Dervis Ward | 44 | 5 Dec 1923 | 27 Mar 1996 | 72 | 2 | 2 | ||
Magus | William Lyon-Brown | 61 | 4 Jan 1907 | 17 Jan 1971 | 64 | 2 | 2 | ||
Men-Hari | Derek Godfrey | 43 | 3 Jun 1924 | 18 Jun 1983 | 59 | 2 | 2 | ||
No. 1 | Derrick Sherwin | 31 | 16 Apr 1936 | 29 Oct 2018 | 82 | 1 | 1 | ||
Philip Smith | Edward Judd | 35 | 4 Oct 1932 | 24 Feb 2009 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Putri | Zohra Segal | 55 | 27 Apr 1912 | 10 Jul 2014 | 102 | 1 | 1 | ||
Servant | Charles ORourke | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sharna | Daniele Noel | 25 | 1943 | 01.01.1943 | 81 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sheila Carter | Jill Melford | 36 | 23 Nov 1931 | 20 Feb 2018 | 86 | 3 | 3 | ||
Soldier | Walter Henry | 46 | 24 Oct 1921 | 21 Feb 2005 | 83 | 5 | 5 | ||
The Seer | Gerald Lawson | 70 | 30 Apr 1897 | 6 Dec 1973 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Za-Tor | Noel Willman | 49 | 4 Aug 1918 | 24 Dec 1988 | 70 | 3 | 3 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Despite the predictions of producer Aida Young that Olinka Berova had a great future ahead of her, she seems never to have been heard of again!
The films marks the last appearances for Hammer of Noel Willman, Andre Morell and John Richardson.
The director Cliff Owen was more established in the field of comedy. His films include The Wrong Arm of the Law (1962) and the Morecambe and Wise vehicles That Riviera Touch (1966) and The Magnificent Two (1967).