The Mummy (1959)

NR08/01/1959Horror1h 28m
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Torn from the tomb to terrify the world!

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Peter Cushing

    John Banning

  2. Cast 1

    Christopher Lee

    Kharis, the Mummy

  3. Cast 1

    Yvonne Furneaux

    Isobel Banning / Princess Ananka

  4. Cast 1

    Eddie Byrne

    Inspector Mulrooney

  5. Cast 1

    Felix Aylmer

    Stephen Banning

  6. Cast 1

    Raymond Huntley

    Joseph Whemple

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    George Pastell

    Mehemet Bey

  8. Cast 1

    Michael Ripper

    Poacher

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    George Woodbridge

    Police Constable

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 the best version of the Kharis character ever filmed. Christopher Lee's interpretation brings an aggressive, monstrous, and emoting mummy, not the slow, lumbering version of the 1940s (apologies to Lon Chaney). A first rate offering from Hammer.