The Mummy (1959 film)

The Mummy
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Terence Fisher
Screenplay by	Jimmy Sangster
Produced by	Michael Carreras
Starring	Peter Cushing Christopher Lee Yvonne Furneaux
Cinematography	Jack Asher
Edited by	Alfred Cox James Needs
Music by	Franz Reizenstein
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Hammer Film Productions
Distributed by	Rank Film Distributors (UK) Universal-International (International)
Release date	25 September 1959 (1959-09-25) (UK)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£125,000[1] or £100,000[2]
Box office	857,243 admissions (France)[3]

The Mummy is a 1959 British horror film, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. It was written by Jimmy Sangster and produced by Michael Carreras and Anthony Nelson Keys for Hammer Film Productions. The film was distributed in the U.S. in 1959 on a double bill with either the Vincent Price film The Bat or the Universal film Curse of the Undead.

Though the title suggests Universal Pictures' 1932 film of the same name, the film actually derives its plot and characters entirely from two 1940s Universal films, The Mummy's Hand and The Mummy's Tomb,^{[citation needed]} with the climax borrowed directly from The Mummy's Ghost.^{[citation needed]} The character name Joseph Whemple, the use of a sacred scroll, and a few minor plot elements are the only connections with the 1932 version.^{[citation needed]}