Overview:
One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries ago, has been brought to life by the power of the ancient gods and his sole purpose is to destroy those responsible for the desecration of the sacred tomb. But Isobel, wife of one of the explorers, resembles the beautiful princess, forcing the speechless and tormented monster to defy commands and abduct Isobel to an unknown fate.| Status: | Released (1959-08-01) |
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| Awards: | 1 nomination |
| Screen: | Jimmy Sangster |
| Productions: | Hammer Film Productions |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 5: Peter Cushing - John Banning
- 113: Christopher Lee - Kharis, the Mummy
- 5962: Yvonne Furneaux - Isobel Banning / Princess Ananka
- 69249: Eddie Byrne - Inspector Mulrooney
- 85345: Felix Aylmer - Stephen Banning
- 87071: Raymond Huntley - Joseph Whemple
- 9900: George Pastell - Mehemet Bey
Crews
- 1199563: Franz Reizenstein - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 29664: Michael Carreras - Producer - Production
- 30139: Bernard Robinson - Production Design - Art
- 30702: Alfred Cox - Editor - Editing
- 29662: Terence Fisher - Director - Directing
- 29667: Jack Asher - Director of Photography - Camera
- 29671: Roy Ashton - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
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Reviews
John Chard
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Gorgeous & Creepy Hammer Horror Winner. Hammer Film Productions rework some of the classic Universal Studios mummy material to great effect. Directed by Terence Fisher, this is not a remake of the seminal 1932 movie of the same name. Starring Peter Cushing (John Banning), Christo ....
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While falling a bit short of the earlier Frankenstein and Dracula "reboots" from Hammer, this one is still quite good, again due to the talents of Fisher, Cushing, and Lee. It's story, while borrowing many elements from the 1940s Universal sequels, is quite good and this is probably ....
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