The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb

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“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….

Production Details

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
Technicolor 80mins Techniscope

Filming dates: 24th February – 27th March 1964
UK Release: 18th October 1964

Studio:
Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew – Verified complete

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	Hidden	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Assistant Director	Bert Batt	Yes	34	25 Apr 1930		6 Nov 2011	81	13		13
Associate Producer	Bill Hill	Yes	43	1 Jun 1921				3		3
Boom Operator	David Jones	No	28	1936		13 Jan 2006	70		1	1
Camera Operator	H.A.R. Thompson	Yes	54	30 Sep 1910		Jul 2003	92	3		3
Casting	David Booth	Yes						2		2
Chief Draughtsman	Thomas Goswell	No	73	28 Mar 1891		1982	90	1	6	7
Clapper Loader	Douglas Milsome	No	25	1939	1 Jan 1939		86		1	1
Continuity	Eileen Head	Yes	45	1919		1990	71	5		5
Director	Michael Carreras	Yes	36	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	98	11	109
Director of Photography	Otto Heller BSc	Yes	68	8 Mar 1896		19 Feb 1970	73	1		1
Draughtsman	Tony Curtis	No	27	25 Jan 1937		8 Jan 2021	83		1	1
Dubbing Crew	Robin O'Donnoghue	No	19	13 Aug 1945			80		2	2
Dubbing Crew	Dennis Whitlock	No	36	1928		2008	80	13	1	14
Dubbing Crew	Len Abbott	No	41	19 Apr 1923		5 May 2005	82	4	1	5
Editor	Eric Boyd-Perkins	Yes	47	1917		4 Dec 2014	97	10		10
First Assistant Editor	Harry Ledger	No							1	1
Focus Puller	Maurice Arnold	No	36	13 Mar 1928		13 Jan 1989	60		2	2
Gaffer	Steve Birtles	No	49	12 Nov 1914		2003	88	14	15	29
Hair Stylist	Iris Tilley	Yes	37	28 Nov 1926		Jun 2002	75	1		1
Make-up Artist	Roy Ashton	Yes	55	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	36	4	40
Master Painter	Michael Finlay	No	16	23 Apr 1948			77	1	20	21
Music Composer	Carlo Martelli	Yes	28	12 Dec 1935			89	2	2	4
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	Yes	57	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Michael Carreras	Yes	36	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	98	11	109
Production Designer	Bernard Robinson	Yes	52	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	46	4	50
Production Secretary	Rhonda Grogan	No							1	1
Props	Eric Hillier	No	44	1920		1975	55		17	17
Publicist	Alan Arnold	No	42	1922		29 Aug 1987	65		1	1
Screenplay as Henry Younger	Michael Carreras	Yes	36	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	98	11	109
Second Assistant Director	Hugh Harlow	No	25	17 Jun 1939			86	6	34	40
Second Assistant Editor	Brian Burgess	No	36	1928		2020	92		1	1
Sound Camera Operator	Geoffrey Lee	No							1	1
Sound Editor	James Groom	Yes	39	1925		17 May 2016	91	13	2	15
Sound Recordist	Claude Hitchcock	Yes	45	8 Nov 1918		4 Oct 2010	91	14	4	18
Special Effects	George Blackwell	No	57	26 Feb 1907		1975	67	3	1	4
Still Photographer	George Higgins	No				1995			3	3
Stunts	Peter Diamond	No	35	10 Aug 1929		27 Mar 2004	74	4	25	29
Supervising Editor	James Needs	Yes	45	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	113	1	114
Technical Advisor	Andrew Low	Yes						4	1	5
Wardrobe	Betty Adamson	Yes						1		1
Wardrobe	John Briggs	Yes						1		1
CAST
1st Workman	Harold Goodwin	Yes	46	22 Oct 1917		3 Jun 2004	86	4	3	7
2nd Arab	Eddie Powell	No	37	9 Mar 1927		11 Aug 2000	73	2	14	16
2nd Workman	Jimmy Gardner	Yes	40	24 Aug 1924		3 May 2010	85	1	1	2
Adam Beauchamp	Terence Morgan	Yes	42	8 Dec 1921		25 Aug 2005	83	1		1
Ahmed	Michael Ripper	Yes	51	27 Jan 1913		28 Jun 2000	87	34	2	36
Alexander King	Fred Clark	Yes	50	19 Mar 1914		5 Dec 1968	54	1		1
Annette Dubois	Jeanne Roland	Yes	27	19 Mar 1937			88	1		1
Bearer in Museum	Roy Stewart	No	39	15 May 1925		27 Oct 2008	83	1	4	5
Belly Dancer	Durra	No							1	1
Footlights Operator	Maxwell Craig	No							7	7
Hashmi Bey	George Pastell	Yes	41	13 Mar 1923		4 Apr 1976	53	5	1	6
Housekeeper	Olga Dickie	No	64	28 Aug 1900		7 Mar 1992	91	1	2	3
Inspector	John Paul	Yes	43	20 Apr 1921		23 Feb 1995	73	3		3
Jenny	Jill Meredith	Yes						1		1
Jessop	Vernon Smythe	Yes	64	2 Aug 1900		3 Jan 1993	92	1		1
John Bray	Ronald Howard	Yes	46	7 Apr 1918		19 Dec 1996	78	1		1
Landlady	Marianne Stone	Yes	42	23 Aug 1922		21 Dec 2009	87	9	3	12
London Reporter	Pat Gorman	No	31	10 May 1933		9 Oct 2018	85		4	4
Man Organising Exhibition	Tony Thawnton	No	44	17 Jan 1920		2015	95		1	1
Man Supervising Unpacking of Relics	Colin McKenzie	No							3	3
Man Unpacking Relics	Ernie Rice	No	67	17 Nov 1896		1979	82		7	7
Police Constable	John Tatham	No	53	29 Jul 1911		Dec 1996	85	1	9	10
Prof. Eugene Dubois	Bernard Rebel	No	63	6 Oct 1901		30 Sep 1964	62		1	1
Ra-Antef	Michael McStay	No	31	21 Jan 1933		11 May 2025	92		1	1
Reporter at opening of exhibition	George Hildson	No	57	25 Apr 1907		28 May 1982	75		7	7
Reporter at opening of exhibition	James Ure	No							4	4
Reporter at opening of exhibition	Joe Phelps	No							7	7
Ship Attacker	George Leech	No	42	6 Dec 1921		17 Jun 2012	90		1	1
Ship-Board Thief	Ray Austin	No	31	5 Dec 1932		17 May 2023	90		2	2
Ships Doctor	Charles Gilliard	No	49	5 Feb 1915		1993	77		2	2
Ships Passenger	Cecil Paul	No							4	4
Sir Giles Dalrymple	Jack Gwillim	Yes	54	15 Dec 1909		2 Jul 2001	91	2		2
Sir Giless Housekeeper	Nora Gordon	No	70	29 Nov 1893		11 May 1970	76	5	1	6
Swordsman	Laurie Taylor	No	46	13 Jul 1918		6 Aug 2003	85	2	4	6
The Mummy	Dickie Owen	Yes	37	26 Mar 1927		7 Apr 2015	88	3	1	4
Workman	Chris Adcock	No	42	7 Apr 1922		1 Jan 1998	75		4	4

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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).

1964 BBFC Cert. “X”

Production Details

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Cast & Crew

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