The Mummy's Shroud

The Mummy's Shroud
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Gilling
Written byJohn Gilling
Anthony Hinds
Produced byMichael Carreras
StarringAndré Morell
John Phillips
David Buck
Maggie Kimberly
Elizabeth Sellars
CinematographyArthur Grant
Edited byChris Barnes
Music byDon Banks
Production
company
Distributed byWarner-Pathé
Release dates
  • 15 March 1967 (1967-03-15) (U.S.)
  • 18 June 1967 (1967-06-18) (U.K.)
Running time
90 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£160,000[1]

The Mummy's Shroud is a 1967 British DeLuxe colour horror film made by Hammer Film Productions which was directed by John Gilling.

It stars André Morell and David Buck as explorers who uncover the tomb of an ancient Egyptian mummy. It also starred John Phillips, Maggie Kimberly, Elizabeth Sellars and Michael Ripper as Longbarrow. Stuntman Eddie Powell (Christopher Lee's regular stunt double) played the Mummy, brought back to life to wreak revenge on his enemies. The uncredited narrator in the prologue, sometimes incorrectly assumed to be Peter Cushing, is British actor Tim Turner.

It was the third of Hammer's four Mummy films, a cycle which began with The Mummy (1959), continued with The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), and ended with Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971). It was the last to feature a bandaged mummy — the final film contained no such character.

It was the final Hammer production to be made at Bray Studios, the company's home until 1967, when its productions moved to Elstree Studios and occasionally Pinewood.

  1. ^ Klemensen, Richard (Summer 1994). "Hammer Films unearth the mummy". Midnight Maquee. No. 47. p. 83.