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Writer:
Michael Carreras (writer)
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Release Date:
31 December 1964 (USA) more
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It Lives Again To Kill Again! more
Plot:
When European Egyptologists Dubois, Giles and Bray discover the tomb of the Egyptian prince Ra, American... more | add synopsis
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Not a masterpiece, but still underrated more (25 total)

Cast

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Terence Morgan ... Adam Beauchamp (Re, 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 (Ra-Antef)
Jill Mai Meredith ... Jenny, Beauchamp's Maid
Michael Ripper ... Achmed
Harold Goodwin ... Fred one of King's Workmen
Jimmy Gardner ... Fred's Mate
Vernon Smythe ... Jessop, Beauchamp's Butler
Marianne Stone ... Hashmi Bey's Landlady
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Runtime:
78 min | USA:81 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1964) | Norway:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:Unrated

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
During the Egyptian flashback scenes Franz Reizenstein's theme from Hammer's original The Mummy (1959) can be heard. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) more

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Not a masterpiece, but still underrated, 27 May 2007
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Author: Manulimainen Manuli from the middle of nowhere

Curse of the mummy's tomb certainly is not a best effort from Hammer studios, as many of their true classics outshine it without any serious effort. However, it is not as much a disaster as many comments here in IMDb suggest. The movie doesn't have any Hammer's big stars in the cast, the story doesn't bring anything new into the mummy myth, and at few times the going gets unintentionally hilarious in the film. But on the other hand, the characters are acted quite solidly, even if the performances don't truly shine. Comical reliefs are mostly done with certain style, especially by Fred Clark as a P.T. Barnum replica, and the plot has few interesting twists. We even have here few scenes of surprisingly graphic of it's time, if a bit unrealistic screen violence, if that's your cup of tea. Slow pace and low action rate of the film works more for than against the movie, at least in my books, and the whole package is short enough, so the story can carry it all through till the end.

All in all, if you're a fan of old horror films, give it a go, whether you're a fan of Hammer studios works or not. At least this one certainly beats the stuffing out of it's follow-up, Mummy's shroud, which in my opinion truly deserves any public stoning it gets.

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