Complete credited cast: | |||
Terence Morgan | ... | Adam Beauchamp | |
Ronald Howard | ... | John Bray | |
Fred Clark | ... | Alexander King | |
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Jeanne Roland | ... | Annette Dubois |
George Pastell | ... | Hashmi Bey | |
Jack Gwillim | ... | Sir Giles Dalrymple | |
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John Paul | ... | Inspector Mackenzie |
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Dickie Owen | ... | The Mummy (Ra-Antef) |
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Jill Mai Meredith | ... | Jenny |
Michael Ripper | ... | Achmed | |
Harold Goodwin | ... | Fred | |
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Jimmy Gardner | ... | Fred's Mate |
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Vernon Smythe | ... | Jessop |
Marianne Stone | ... | Bey's Landlady |
When European Egyptologists Dubois, Giles and Bray discover the tomb of the Egyptian prince Ra, American entrepreneur and investor Alexander King insists on shipping the treasures and sarcophagus back to England for tour and display. Once there, someone with murderous intent has discovered the means of waking the centuries dead prince... Written by Jeff Hole <jeffhole@aol.com>
While definitely not as much a first-rate production as Hammer's first Mummy, Curse of the Mummy's Tomb has some great camerawork, nice supporting performances, and an intriguing mummy plot. Archaeologists financed by an American P. T. Barnum type find a lost tomb and open it despite the curse that says whosoever is present at its opening should die. Hammer production values prevail with lush costumes and sets. George Pastell(from the original) is back as yet another Egyptian naysayer out to prove that the British had no right to take and break the sacred nature of treasure and memory of forgotten kings. Michael Ripper, Jack Gwillim, and Fred Clark excel in their supporting roles, clearly out-performing the rather tiresome and boring leads of Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, and Jeanne Roland. Clark gives an impressive performance(as well as very affable one) as the American out to turn his mummy find into carnival magic, taking the show to the "American Heartland" for a dime a peep. The story is not the fastest paced story around, but once the mummy's casket gets opened....people die. Definitely worth a look for the mummy fan.