The Mummy's Shroud (1967)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

John Gilling

Writers:

John Gilling (writer)
Anthony Hinds (story)

Release Date:

15 March 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Beware the beat of the cloth-wrapped feet!

Plot:

In 1920 an archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child prince. Returning home with their discovery...

Plot Keywords:

Mummy | Tomb | Archeologist | Sequel | Desert

Cast

André Morell	...	Sir Basil Walden
John Phillips	...	Stanley Preston
David Buck	...	Paul Preston
Elizabeth Sellars	...	Barbara Preston
Maggie Kimberly	...	Claire de Sangre
Michael Ripper	...	Longbarrow
Tim Barrett	...	Harry Newton
Richard Warner	...	Inspector Barrani
Roger Delgado	...	Hasmid
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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Cushing	...	Narrator (unconfirmed)
John Garrie	...	Arab Cleaner (uncredited)
Pat Gorman	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Darroll Richards	...	Sage (uncredited)
Michael Rothwell	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Terence Sewards	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Roy Stephens	...	Reporter (uncredited)
George Zenios	...	Arab Reporter (uncredited)

Directed by
John Gilling

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Gilling		writer
Anthony Hinds		story (as John Elder)

Produced by
Anthony Nelson Keys	....	producer

Original Music by
Don Banks

Cinematography by
Arthur Grant

Film Editing by
Chris Barnes

Casting by
Irene Lamb

Production Design by
Bernard Robinson

Art Direction by
Don Mingaye

Makeup Department
George Partleton	....	makeup artist
Frieda Steiger	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Ed Harper	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bluey Hill	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Roy Hyde	....	sound editor
Ken Rawkins	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Les Bowie	....	special effects
Ian Scoones	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Moray Grant	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Molly Arbuthnot	....	wardrobe mistress
Larry Stewart	....	wardrobe master

Editorial Department
James Needs	....	supervising editor

Music Department
Philip Martell	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Eileen Head	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Hammer Film Productions

Distributors

• Warner-Pathé Distributors (1967) (UK) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• Momentum Pictures (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Works Editora (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Bowie Films Ltd.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | UK:X | USA:Approved (PCA #21434)

Filming Locations:

Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

Hammer Film Productions

Trivia:

Peter Cushing is often credited as Narrator, but Hammer Films had no record of who the Narrator is.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Trailer Cinema (1992) (TV)

More of the same.

The biggest problem with 'The Mummy's Shroud' is that with 'The Mummy' in 1959, Hammer made the definitive 'mummy movie' and so 'The Mummy's Shroud' which basically tells the same story with only minor differences, comes across as being redundant.

John Gilling does his best with the material (there are a lot of great shots in this movie) but is unable to over-come the basic familiarity of the story. The cast is mixed, with the best actor, Andre Morell, wasted in a minor role. There are compensations, however, as Hammer veteran Michael Ripper (dubbed by Christopher Lee as 'face of Hammer') is given is best role as Longbarrow, his death is perhaps the dramatic highlight of the movie.

In addition, 'The Mummy's Shroud' is superior to Hammer's last movie in the series, 'The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb', having a faster pace and sticks better in the memory (mainly due to the talents of Gilling). While not vintage Hammer by a long chalk, it's a solid Hammer movie which suffers from the 'seen it all before' factor.

Oh, by the way, if you're a Peter Cushing fan you will be disappointed, as despite being credited to Cushing in some sources, the narrator does not sound remotely like him.