The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1964
Running Times: 80 mins 7 sec
Length: 7,210 ft
Format: Technicolor     35mm     Techniscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Hammer Films
Producer: Michael Carreras
Associate Producer: Bill Hill

SCRIPT
Script: Henry Younger (real name: Michael Carreras)

DIRECTION
Director: Michael Carreras
Assistant Director: Bert Batt
2nd Assistant Director: Hugh Harlow

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Otto Heller
Camera Operator: Bob Thompson

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: James Needs
Editor: Eric Boyd-Perkins

MUSIC
Music Supervisor: Philip Martell
Music: Carlo Martelli

SOUND
Sound Recording: Claude Hitchcock
Sound Editor: James Groom
Sound System: RCA Sound Recording

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Roy Ashton
Hair: Iris Tilley
Wardrobe: Betty Adamson, John Briggs

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Bernard Robinson
Props: Eric Hillier

OTHER CREW
Continuity: Eileen Head
Technical Advisor: Andrew Low

LOCATIONS
Locations: Associated British Studios, Elstree, UK

CASTING
Casting: David Booth

CAST
Terence Morgan (Adam Beauchamp/Be, younger son of Rameses VIII)
Ronald Howard (John Bray)
Fred Clark (Alexander King)
Jeanne Roland (Annette Dubois)
George Pastell (Hashmi Bey)
Jack Gwillim (Sir Giles Dalrymple)
John Paul (Inspector Mackenzie)
Dickie Owen (the mummy)
Jill Mai Meredith (Jenny)
Michael Ripper (Achmed)
Harold Goodwin (Fred)
Jimmy Gardner (Fred's mate)
Vernon Smythe (Jessop)
Marianne Stone (Hashmi Bey's landlady)
Olga Dickie (housekeeper - uncredited)
Michael McStay (Ra-Antef - uncredited)
Bernard Rebel (Professor Eugene Dubois - uncredited)
Roy Stewart (bearer in museum - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

A group of Egyptologists discover the tomb of the Egyptian prince Ra. American businessman Alexander King wants the artifacts and the sarcophagus they find there shipped back to England and put on display. But the mummy is revived and before long, those who desecrated the tomb are being slaughtered...

As Hammer's production deals with Columbia and Universal were coming to an end, some of the characters that gave the company its greatest success were wheeled out to try to grab some box office. This was a misfire on all counts. Michael Carreras must take the blame having produced, written and directed the film. The usual Mummy revenge scenario is given a lacklustre retelling. Forgettable.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Video Distributor: American International Video Search, Inc

Finland
Rating: banned

Norway
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: X

USA
Rating: unrated

1964
October
18: UK - theatrical release

December
31: USA - theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

Half bone, half bandage... all blood-curdling terror!

A Maldição da Múmia - Portugese title
La maldición de la momia - Spanish title
Il mistero della mummia - Italian title
Mumiens forbannelse - Norwegian video title
Muumion haudan kirous - Finnish title
Die Rache des Pharao - German title

SEQUEL TO
The Mummy (1959)

SEQUEL
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)

MAGAZINES

British National Film Catalogue vol.2 (1964) (UK)
credits, synopsis

Cinefantastique vol.31 no.6 (June 1999) pp.40-45 (USA)
illustrated article

Daily Cinema no.8954 (21 August 1964) p.9 (UK)
review

Dark Terrors no.11 (December 1995) pp.30-35 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, production notes

Film and TV Technician vol.31 no.241 (March 1965) (UK)
credits

The House That Hammer Built no.11 (February 1999) pp.137-176 (UK)
illustrated filmography, article, interview

Kine Weekly no.2969 (27 August 1964) p.16 (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.31 no.369 (October 1964) p.148 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Sight and Sound vol.3 no.9 (September 1993) p.62 (UK)
note

Variety 2 September 1964 (USA)
credits, review

BOOKS

The Hammer Story pp.84-85
illustrated article, review (by Marcus Hearn and Alan Barnes)

curses, mummies, egyptology, sequels, monsters, the supernatural, tombs, dismemberment