Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb – 1971

A Hammer production released through MGM-EMI Film Distributors Limited Copyright MCMLXXl Hammer film Productions Limited – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 22850

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 System
Made at EMI/MGM Eistree Studios, Hertfordshire, England
Technicolor 94 mins

Storyline

On the day before her birthday, Professor Fuchs gives his daughter Margaret a beautiful ring adorned with a huge ruby. Margaret has been suffering nightmares in which she sees herself laying in a sarcophagus, on her severed hand the very ring she has just been given. It transpires that the ring was found in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian queen, Tera, discovered and opened at the very moment of Margaret’s birth. Now, it seems that an astral conjunction is about to occur which will herald the rebirth of the evil, long-dead Tera…..

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Ast. Art Director	Don Picton	55	22 Feb 1916		Nov 1981	65	15	2	17
Ast. Director	Derek Whitehurst	43	2 Oct 1928		6 Dec 2005	77	16		16
From "Jewel of the Seven Stars"	Bram Stoker	123	8 Nov 1847		20 Apr 1912	64	6		6
Camera Operator	Neil Binney	40	1 Jun 1931	01.06.1931		92	17	10	27
Construction Manager	Bill Greene						9		9
Continuity	Betty Harley						6		6
Designer	Scott MacGregor	57	22 Oct 1914		1971	56	14	1	15
Director	Seth Holt	48	21 Jun 1923		14 Feb 1971	47	3		3
Director of Photog.	Arthur Grant BSc	56	1915		1972	56	30		30
Dubbing Mixer	Dennis Whitlock	43	1928		2008	80	13	1	14
Editor	Peter Weatherley GBFE	41	1930		Sep 2015	85	15		15
Hairdressing Supervisor	Ivy Emmerton						7		7
Make-up Supervisor	Eddie Knight	46	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	Tristram Cary	46	14 May 1925		24 Apr 2008	82	2		2
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	64	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Howard Brandy	42	20 Jun 1929		23 Jun 2008	79	1		1
Production Manager	Christopher Neame	28	24 Dec 1942		12 Jun 2011	68	15	9	24
Production Supervisor	Roy Skeggs	37	1 Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	1	46
Recording Director	A.W. Lumkin	58	1 Feb 1913		25 Oct 1985	72	30		30
Screenplay	Christopher Wicking	28	10 Jan 1943		13 Oct 2008	65	3		3
Sound Editor	Roy Hyde	51	15 Feb 1920		28 Jun 1985	65	30	1	31
Sound Recordist	Tony Dawe	31	26 Sep 1940	26.09.1940		83	1		1
Special Effects	Michael Collins						1	1	2
Wardrobe Mistress	Diane Jones						1		1
Wardrobe Supervisor	Rosemary Burrows						36	5	41
Uncredited
Boom Operator	Mike Silverlock	28	1943		1989	46		1	1
Camera Grip	Peter Woods							3	3
Clapper Loader	Roderick Barron	26	16 Aug 1945		26 Oct 2016	71		3	3
Draughtsman	Tony Baines							3	3
Focus Puller	Bob Jordan							16	16
Painter	Michael Finlay	23	23 Apr 1948	23.04.1948		75		19	19
Print Boy	Jimmy Carreras							2	2
Production Secretary	Sally Pardo	30	10 Dec 1940	10.12.1940		82		4	4
Scenic Artist	Bill Beavis	57	9 Aug 1914		7 Feb 1997	82		2	2
Second Ast. Director	Lindsey C. Vickers	31	1940	01.01.1940		83		7	7
Sound Camera Operator	Jack Harris							1	1
Sound Maintenance	Dan Grimmel	56	25 Jun 1915		1985	69	2	1	3
Sound Recordist	Claude Hitchcock	52	8 Nov 1918		4 Oct 2010	91	14	4	18
Stunts	Peter Diamond	42	10 Aug 1929		27 Mar 2004	74	4	23	27
Stunts	Colin Skeaping	27	18 Jun 1944	18.06.1944		79		1	1
Third Ast. Director	Michael Murray							2	2
Unit Runner	Philip Campbell	19	1952	01.01.1952		71		9	9

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Berigan	George Coulouris	68	1 Oct 1903		25 Apr 1989	85	2		2
Corbeck	James Villiers	38	29 Sep 1933		18 Jan 1998	64	3		3
Dandridge	Hugh Burden	58	3 Apr 1913		17 May 1985	72	1		1
Dr Burgess	David Markham	58	3 Apr 1913		15 Dec 1983	70	2		2
Dr Putnam	Aubrey Morris	45	1 Jun 1926		15 Jul 2015	89	3		3
Fuchs	Andrew Keir	45	3 Apr 1926		5 Oct 1997	71	7		7
Helen	Rosalie Crutchley	51	4 Jan 1920		28 Jul 1997	77	2		2
Margaret/Tera	Valerie Leon	27	12 Nov 1943	12.11.1943		79	1		1
Mrs Caporal	Joan Young	71	1 Feb 1900		9 Oct 1984	84	1		1
Nurse	Angela Ginders	24	1 Jan 1947	01.01.1947		76	1		1
Nurse	Penelope Holt	20	1 Jan 1951	01.01.1951		72	1		1
Older Male Nurse	James Cossins	37	4 Dec 1933		12 Feb 1997	63	5		5
Patient	Tex Fuller	45	11 Dec 1925		7 Oct 2020	94	3		3
Priest	Abdul Kader						1		1
Priest	Ahmed Osman						1		1
Priest	Omar Amoodi						1		1
Priest	Oscar Charles						1		1
Priest	Saad Ghazi						1		1
Priest	Soltan Lalani						1		1
Saturnine Young Man	Jonathan Burn	31	28 Nov 1939	28.11.1939		83	1		1
Tod Browning	Mark Edwards	29	1 Jan 1942	01.01.1942		81	1		1
Veronica	Tamara Ustinov	26	25 Jul 1945	25.07.1945		77	1		1
Young Male Nurse	David Jackson	37	15 Jul 1934		25 Jul 2005	71	1		1
Youth in Museum	Graham James						3		3
Uncredited
Local Man	Harry Fielder	31	26 Apr 1940		6 Feb 2021	80		10	10
Margaret Fuchs (Voice)	Olive Gregg	46	7 Mar 1925		6 Nov 2003	78		2	2
Stand-in: Valerie Leon	Sarah Mathieson							1	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	11 January 1971
UK RELEASE	7 November 1971
STUDIO	EMI-MGM Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England

Footnotes

Two tragedies occurred during the making of this film. First, after just one day’s shooting, Peter Cushing had to pull out as his wife was taken seriously ill. She died a few days later, a loss from which the actor never recovered. His role in this film was taken by Andrew Keir.
Then, secondly, a week before filming was due to end, the director, Seth Holt, died after suffering a heart attack. The film was completed by Michael Carreras.

Valerie Leon had appeared in a couple of “Carry On” films, but was most noted for her appearance in the Hai Karate after-shave advertisements.

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection