The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb – 1964

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

Storyline

“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….

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Associate Producer	Bill Hill	43	1 Jun 1921	01.06.1921		102	3		3
Ast. Director	Bert Batt	34	25 Apr 1930		6 Nov 2011	81	13		13
Camera Operator	H.A.R. Thompson	54	30 Sep 1910		Jul 2003	92	3		3
Casting	David Booth						2		2
Continuity	Eileen Head	45	1919		1990	71	5		5
Director	Michael Carreras	36	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Director of Photog.	Otto Heller BSc	68	8 Mar 1896		19 Feb 1970	73	1		1
Editor	Eric Boyd-Perkins	47	1 Jan 1917		4 Dec 2014	97	10		10
Hair Stylist	Iris Tilley	37	28 Nov 1926		Jun 2002	75	1		1
Make-up Artist	Roy Ashton	55	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	36	4	40
Music Composer	Carlo Martelli	28	12 Dec 1935	12.12.1935		87	2	1	3
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	57	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Michael Carreras	36	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Production Designer	Bernard Robinson	52	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	46	3	49
Screenplay	Michael Carreras	36	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Sound Editor	James Groom	39	1 Jan 1925		17 May 2016	91	13	3	16
Sound Recordist	Claude Hitchcock	45	8 Nov 1918		4 Oct 2010	91	14	4	18
Supervising Editor	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
Uncredited
Boom Operator	David Jones	28	1936		13 Jan 2006	70		1	1
Chief Draughtsman	Thomas Goswell	73	28 Mar 1891		1982	90		5	5
Clapper Loader	Douglas Milsome	25	1939	01.01.1939		84		1	1
Draughtsman	Tony Curtis	27	25 Jan 1937		8 Jan 2021	83		1	1
Dubbing Crew	Dennis Whitlock	36	1928		2008	80	13	1	14
Dubbing Crew	Robin O'Donnoghue	19	13 Aug 1945	13.08.1945		78		1	1
Dubbing Crew	Len Abbott						4	1	5
First Ast. 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	13	14	27
Master Painter	Michael Finlay	16	23 Apr 1948	23.04.1948		75		19	19
Production Secretary	Rhonda Grogan							1	1
Props	Eric Hillier	44	1920		1975	55		16	16
Publicist	Alan Arnold				29 Aug 1987			1	1
Second Ast. Director	Hugh Harlow	25	17 Jun 1939	17.06.1939		84	3	28	31
Second Ast. Editor	Brian Burgess							1	1
Sound Camera Operator	Geoffrey Lee							1	1
Special Effects	George Blackwell	57	26 Feb 1907		1975	67	2	1	3
Still Photog.	George Higgins							3	3

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
1st Workman	Harold Goodwin	46	22 Oct 1917		3 Jun 2004	86	5	2	7
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	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		85	1		1
Hashmi Bey	George Pastell	41	13 Mar 1923		4 Apr 1976	53	5	1	6
Inspector	John Paul	43	20 Apr 1921		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	Marianne Stone	42	23 Aug 1922		21 Dec 2009	87	9	2	11
Sir Giles Dalrymple	Jack Gwillim	54	15 Dec 1909		2 Jul 2001	91	2		2
The Mummy	Dickie Owen	37	26 Mar 1927		7 Apr 2015	88	3	1	4
Uncredited
2nd Arab	Eddie Powell	37	9 Mar 1927		11 Aug 2000	73	2	11	13
Bearer in Museum	Roy Stewart	39	15 May 1925		27 Oct 2008	83	1	4	5
Footlights Operator	Maxwell Craig							6	6
Housekeeper	Olga Dickie	64	28 Aug 1900		7 Mar 1992	91	1	2	3
London Reporter	Pat Gorman	31	10 May 1933		9 Oct 2018	85		4	4
Man Organising Exhibition	Tony Thawnton	44	1920	01.01.1920		102		1	1
Man Supervising Unpacking of Relics	Colin McKenzie							3	3
Man Unpacking Relics	Ernie Rice	67	17 Nov 1896	17.11.1896				7	7
Police Constable	John Tatham	53	29 Jul 1911		1 Dec 1996	85	1	8	9
Prof. Eugene Dubois	Bernard Rebel	63	6 Oct 1901		30 Sep 1964	62		1	1
Ra-Antef	Michael McStay	31	1933	01.01.1933		89		1	1
Reporter at Opening of Mummy Exhibition	George Hilsdon	57	25 Apr 1907		28 May 1982	75		7	7
Reporter at Opening of Mummy Exhibition	James Ure							3	3
Reporter at Opening of Mummy Exhibition	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
Ship's doctor	Charles Gilliard	49	5 Feb 1915		1993	77		2	2
Ship's Passenger	Cecil Paul							3	3
Sir Giles's 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	3	5
Workman	Chris Adcock	42	7 Apr 1922		1 Jan 1998	75		4	4

Production


FILMING BEGAN	24 February 1964
UK RELEASE	18 October 1964
STUDIO	Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England

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).

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