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Release year: 1959

Storyline

In 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences.

Top credits

Directors

Terence Fisher

Writers

Jimmy Sangster

Cast

Peter Cushing — John Banning
Christopher Lee — The Mummy, Kharis
Yvonne Furneaux — Isobel Banning, Princess Ananka
Eddie Byrne — Inspector Mulrooney

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Did you know

• Christopher Lee's mummy walk isn't entirely acting. Besides the injuries to his back and shoulder noted below, he also injured his knees and shins while doing scenes in the studio-tank "swamp". He couldn't see where the various pipes and fittings under the swampy water were.

• Hammer Films had already done remakes of Universal's classics Frankenstein (1931) and Dracula (1931) (The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Horror of Dracula (1958), respectively). This was the first film made after Hammer reached an official agreement with Universal Pictures (then Universal International) allowing them to do remakes of their classic horror films. In this film, for example, the agreement with Universal International allowed them to use the name Kharis.

• A door through which Sir Christopher Lee must crash was accidentally bolted by a grip before the scene was shot. Lee's shoulder was dislocated when he broke down the door, but the shot remains in the movie.