The Vengeance of She – 1968

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
RCA Sound System
Made at the Elstree Studios of Associated British Productions Ltd, Boreham Wood, Herts, England and on location
Technicolor 101 mins
Storyline
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?
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Crew
Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | |
Assistant Director | Terence Clegg | 30 | 2 Dec 1937 | 84 | 1 | ||
Based on characters created by | Sir H. Rider Haggard | 111 | 22 Jun 1856 | 14 May 1925 | 68 | 1 | |
Camera Operator | Ray Sturgess | 58 | 28 Oct 1910 | 1 Jan 2000 | 89 | 2 | |
Continuity | Phyllis Townshend | 1 | |||||
Costume Designer | Carl Toms | 40 | 29 May 1927 | 4 Aug 1999 | 72 | 7 | |
Directed by | Cliff Owen | 48 | 22 Apr 1919 | 1 Nov 1994 | 75 | 1 | |
Director of Photography | Wolf Suschitzky | 2016 | 7 Oct 2020 | 1 | |||
Editor | Raymond Poulton | 51 | 22 May 1916 | 1992 | 75 | 1 | |
Hair Stylist | Mervyn Medalie | 32 | 15 Mar 1935 | 87 | 1 | ||
Make-up | Michael Morris | 52 | 10 Jul 1915 | 3 | |||
Music and Special Musical Effects Composed by | Mario Nascimbene | 54 | 28 Nov 1913 | 6 Jan 2002 | 88 | 4 | |
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 60 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 103 | |
Produced by | Aida Young | 47 | 11 Aug 1920 | 12 Aug 2007 | 87 | 8 | |
Production Designer | Lionel Couch | 54 | 20 May 1913 | 31 Aug 1989 | 76 | 3 | |
Production Manager | Dennis Bertera | 50 | 1918 | 1997 | 79 | 3 | |
Recording Director | A.W. Lumkin | 54 | 2 Feb 1913 | 25 Oct 1985 | 72 | 30 | |
Ritual Sequences Designer | Andrew Low | 4 | |||||
Screenplay by | Peter O'Donnell | 47 | 11 Apr 1920 | 3 May 2010 | 90 | 1 | |
Solo Saxophone by | Tubby Hayes | 32 | 30 Jan 1935 | 8 Jun 1973 | 38 | 2 | |
Sound Editors | Jack Knight | 37 | 9 Aug 1930 | 7 Nov 1993 | 63 | 1 | |
Sound Editors | Roy Hyde | 47 | 15 Feb 1920 | 28 Jun 1985 | 65 | 30 | |
Sound Recordist | Bill Rowe | 36 | 2 Feb 1931 | 29 Sep 1992 | 61 | 10 | |
Special Effects | Les Bowie | 54 | 10 Nov 1913 | 27 Jan 1979 | 65 | 32 | |
Supervising Editor | James Needs | 48 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | |
Wardrobe Mistress | Rosemary Burrows | 36 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances | |
Carol | Olinka Berova | 24 | 15 Mar 1943 | 79 | 1 | ||
Dancer | Christine Pockett | 2010 | 1 | ||||
George Carter | Colin Blakeley | 37 | 23 Sep 1930 | 7 May 1987 | 56 | 1 | |
Harry Walker | George Sewell | 43 | 31 Aug 1924 | 4 Feb 2007 | 82 | 2 | |
Kassim | Andre Morell | 58 | 20 Aug 1909 | 6 Dec 1978 | 69 | 9 | |
Killikrates | John Richardson | 33 | 19 Jan 1934 | 5 Jan 2021 | 86 | 3 | |
Lorry Driver | Dervis Ward | 44 | 5 Dec 1923 | 27 Mar 1996 | 72 | 2 | |
Magus | William Lyon-Brown | 60 | 4 Jan 1907 | 17 Jan 1971 | 64 | 2 | |
Men-Hari | Derek Godfrey | 43 | 3 Jun 1924 | 18 Jun 1983 | 59 | 2 | |
No. 1 | Derrick Sherwin | 31 | 16 Apr 1936 | 29 Oct 2018 | 82 | 1 | |
Philip Smith | Edward Judd | 35 | 4 Oct 1932 | 24 Feb 2009 | 76 | 1 | |
Putri | Zohra Segal | 55 | 27 Apr 1912 | 10 Jul 2014 | 102 | 1 | |
Servant | Charles O'Rourke | 1 | |||||
Sharna | Daniele Noel | 25 | 1943 | Living | 79 | 1 | |
Sheila Carter | Jill Melford | 36 | 23 Nov 1931 | 20 Feb 2018 | 86 | 2 | |
The Seer | Gerald Lawson | 70 | 30 Apr 1897 | 6 Dec 1973 | 76 | 2 | |
Za-Tor | Noel Willman | 49 | 4 Aug 1918 | 24 Dec 1988 | 70 | 3 |
Production
FILMING BEGAN | 26 June 1967 | |
UK RELEASE | 14 April 1968 | |
STUDIO | Elstree Studios of Associated British Picture Corporation, Hertfordshire, England | |
LOCATION | Monte Carlo, Monaco | |
Almería, Andalucía, Spain |
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).
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection