The Mummy’s Shroud – 1967

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 MCMLXVI Hammer Film Productions Ltd, – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 21434
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
Produced at Bray Studios, England
Technicolor 87 mins
Storyline
When the expedition of Sir Basil Walden is long overdue in the Egyptian desert, financier Stanley Preston and his assistant Longbarrow set out to find them. The two teams eventually meet up and Sir Basil shows them a tomb the expedition has uncovered, belonging to the ancient prince Kah-to-Be. But, as they enter the tomb, they are set upon by its guardian, Hasmid Ali, who warns them of the direst consequences of their desecration…..
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Crew
Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits |
Art Director | Don Mingaye | 38 | 1929 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 25 |
Assistant Director | Bluey Hill | 55 | 27 Nov 1911 | 1 Apr 1986 | 74 | 5 |
Camera Operator | Moray Grant | 49 | 13 Nov 1917 | 17 Sep 1977 | 59 | 29 |
Casting | Irene Lamb | 9 | ||||
Continuity | Eileen Head | 5 | ||||
Directed by | John Gilling | 54 | 29 May 1912 | 22 Nov 1984 | 72 | 21 |
Director of Photography | Arthur Grant, BSc | 52 | 1915 | 1972 | 57 | 30 |
Editor | Chris Barnes | 29 | 1938 | 5 Jun 2009 | 71 | 21 |
From an original story by | John Elder (Anthony Hinds) | 44 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 28 |
Hair Stylist | Frieda Steiger | 6 | ||||
Make-up | George Partleton | 57 | 21 Jan 1909 | 17 Oct 1992 | 83 | 9 |
Music Composed by | Don Banks | 43 | 25 Oct 1923 | 5 Sep 1980 | 56 | 103 |
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 59 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 84 |
Produced by | Anthony Nelson-Keys | 55 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 41 |
Production Designer | Bernard Robinson | 54 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 46 |
Production Manager | Ed Harper | 10 Jan 2010 | 1 | |||
Screenplay by | John Gilling | 54 | 29 May 1912 | 22 Nov 1984 | 72 | 21 |
Sound Editor | Roy Hyde | 46 | 15 Feb 1920 | 28 Jun 1985 | 65 | 30 |
Sound Recordist | Ken Rawkins | 49 | 1918 | 1971 | 53 | 18 |
Special Effects | Les Bowie | 53 | 10 Nov 1913 | 27 Jan 1979 | 65 | 32 |
Supervising Editor | James Needs | 47 | 17 Oct 1919 | 2003 | 83 | 111 |
Wardrobe Master | Larry Stewart | 3 | ||||
Wardrobe Mistress | Molly Arbuthnot | 58 | 19 Dec 1908 | 1 Nov 2001 | 92 | 48 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances |
Barbara Preston | Elizabeth Sellars | 45 | 6 May 1921 | 30 Dec 2019 | 98 | 2 |
Claire | Maggie Kimberley | 25 | 1942 | Living | 79 | 1 |
Haiti | Catherine Lacey | 62 | 6 May 1904 | 20 Sep 1979 | 75 | 3 |
Harry | Tim Barrett | 37 | 31 May 1929 | 20 Aug 1990 | 61 | 1 |
Hasmid Ali | Roger Dalgado | 48 | 1 Mar 1918 | 18 Jun 1973 | 55 | 4 |
Inspector Barrani | Richard Warner | 55 | 24 May 1911 | 14 Jan 1989 | 77 | 3 |
Kah-to-Bey | Toolsie Persaud | 1 | ||||
Longbarrow | Michael Ripper | 53 | 27 Jan 1913 | 28 Jun 2000 | 87 | 34 |
Paul Preston | David Buck | 30 | 17 Oct 1936 | 27 Jan 1989 | 52 | 2 |
Pharaoh | Bruno Barnabe | 61 | 3 Apr 1905 | 20 Jun 1998 | 93 | 1 |
Pharaoh's Wife | Toni Gilpin | 32 | 1935 | 25 Oct 2016 | 81 | 1 |
Prem | Dickie Owen | 40 | 1 Mar 1926 | 7 Apr 2015 | 89 | 3 |
Sir Basil Walden | Andre Morell | 57 | 20 Aug 1909 | 1 Dec 1978 | 69 | 9 |
Stanley Preston | John Phillips | 52 | 20 Jul 1914 | 11 May 1995 | 80 | 1 |
The Curator | Andreas Malandrinos | 78 | 14 Nov 1888 | 11 Jul 1970 | 81 | 2 |
The Mummy | Eddie Powell | 39 | 9 Mar 1927 | 11 Aug 2000 | 73 | 2 |
Footnotes
Although the facilities at Bray had been added to and extended over the years it was becoming increasingly clear that they could no longer cope with Hammer’s ambitions for the future and “The Mummy’s Shroud” was the last film that the Company made there. It was the end of an era.
In the character of the sycophantic Longbarrow, Michael Ripper gives what is generally thought to be his best performance for Hammer.
David Buck was known to television audiences in the sixties as the man who introduced ABC TV’s series of late-night ghost and horror chillers “Mystery and Imagination”.
Ad-line: “Beware the beat of the cloth-wrapped feet!”
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection