The Mummy's Shroud [1966]

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1966
Running Times: 87 mins 90 mins
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio:
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PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Hammer Films / Seven Arts / Associated British Pathe Limited
Producer: Anthony Nelson Keys
Production Manager: Ed Harper

SCRIPT
Script: John Gilling
Story: John Elder (real name: Anthony Hinds)

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Bluey Hill
Director: John Gilling

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Arthur Grant
Camera Operator: Moray Grant
Colour: DeLuxe

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: James Needs
Editor: Chris Barnes

MUSIC
Musical Supervisor: Philip Martell
Music: Don Banks

SOUND
Sound Recording: Ken Rawkins
Sound Editor: Roy Hyde
Sound System: RCA Sound System

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: George Partleton
Hair: Frieda Steiger
Wardrobe Mistress: Molly Arbuthnot
Wardrobe Master: Larry Stewart

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Bowie Films Ltd
Special Effects Assistant: Ian Scoones [uncredited]

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Bernard Robinson
Art Director: Don Mingaye

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Eileen Head

LOCATIONS
Locations: Bray Studios, Berkshire, England, UK

CASTING
Casting: Irene Lamb

CAST
Andre Morell [Sir Basil Walden]
John Phillips [Stanley Preston]
David Buck [Paul Preston]
Elizabeth Sellars [Barbara Preston]
Maggie Kimberley [Claire]
Michael Ripper [Longbarrow]
Tim Barrett [Harry]
Richard Warner [Inspector Barrani]
Roger Delgado [Hasmid Ali]
Catherine Lacey [Haiti]
Dickie Owen [Prem]
Bruno Barnabe [Pharaoh]
Toni Gilpin [Pharaoh's wife]
Toolsie Persaud [Kah-to-Bey]
Eddie Powell [the Mummy]
Andreas Malandrinos [the curator]
Peter Cushing [narrator - uncredited]
John Garrie [Arab cleaner - uncredited]
Darroll Richards [Sage - uncredited]
Michael Rothwell, Terence Sewards, Roy Stephens [reporters - uncredited]
George Zenios [Arab reporter - uncredited]

An archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child prince, the remains of which they return to London. But the reading of magic words on the prince's burial shroud animates a vengeful mummy that starts to massacre the members of the expedition.

Something of a disappointment from Gilling, who seemed hampered by the fact that there's very little you can actually do with a mummy on screen. There are some creepy moments and some great performances, particularly from Michael Ripper and John Phillips, but this is second-rate Hammer, talky, reminiscent of earlier, better films and lacking in any sense of urgency or pace.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited

USA
Theatrical Distributor: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
DVD Distributor: Anchor Bay [DV10676]

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: K-16

UK
Rating: U

1967
March
15: USA - theatrical release

June
18: UK - theatrical release

July
14: Finland - theatrical release

2000
July
25: USA - DVD release [Anchor Bay [DV10676]]

2001
December
24: UK - television broadcast [on Film Four]

Beware the beat of the cloth-wrapped feet!

Der Fluch der Mumie - German title
Muumion kosto - Finnish title
Il sudario della mummia - Italian title

SEQUEL TO
The Mummy [1959]
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb [1964]

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Stir of Echoes [1999]

MAGAZINES

British National Film Catalogue vol.5 [1967] [UK]
credits, synopsis

Cinefantastique vol.31 no.6 [June 1999] pp.40-45 [USA]
illustrated article

Dark Terrors no.17 [2000] p.45 [UK]
illustrated video review

Film Daily vol.130 no.69 [11 Aoril 1967] p.10 [USA]
review

Films and Filming vol.13 no.11 [August 1967] [UK]
credits, review

Hammer Horror no.3 [May 1995] pp.21-33 [UK]
illustrated credits, synopsis, review

The House That Hammer Built no.6 [December 1997] pp.309-313 [UK]
illustrated credits, synopsis, review

Kine Weekly no.3109 [13 May 1967] p.11 [UK]
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.34 no.401 [June 1967] p.95 [UK]
credits, synopsis, review

Motion Picture Herald vol.237 no.17 [26 April 1967] p.678 [USA]
review

Sight and Sound vol.5 no.4 [April 1995] p.63 [UK]
note

Variety 29 March 1967 p.6 [USA]
credits, review

KEYWORDS

mummies; sequels