The Mummy

...first of their Frankenstein series. Its worldwide success led to several sequels, and the studio's new versions of ''Dracula '' (1958) and ''The Mummy '' (1959) and established "Hammer Horror" as a distinctive brand of Gothic cinema. The film...

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...made more than 200 films, including The Quatermass Xperiment, The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Mummy and The Devil Rides Out. It made international stars of its leading men, Peter Cushing and...

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...Curse of Frankenstein (1957). At Buckingham Palace (left) and as Count Dracula in 1972 movie Dracula A.D. Movies such as Dracula, The Mummy and The Hound of the Baskervilles followed, all co-starring British actor Peter Cushing. Lee...

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The Mummy is a 1959 British Hammer Horror film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Though the title suggests Universal Pictures ' 1932 film of the same name , the film actually derives its plot and characters entirely from two...

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...British actor Christopher Lee played a perfect villain in 1950s chillers like "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957), "Dracula" (1958), "The Mummy" (1959) and "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1959). Over the years, those roles launched a...

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...87-year-old Hammer Horror star has made more films than any other actor alive. He made his name in blood-curdling roles such as Dracula, The Mummy and The Hound Of The Baskervilles, all co- starring Peter Cushing, and went on to play...

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...also knighted. Lee, 87, made his name playing a succession of Hammer horror characters, including Dracula, Dr Frankenstein's monster and The Mummy. One of the most prolific screen actors - he is currently filming The Resident in New Mexico -...

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He found fame in his first Hammer Horror film, playing the brutish monster in the Curse of Frankenstein. Movies such as Dracula, The Mummy and The Hound of the Baskervilles followed, all co-starring Cushing. In 2001 Lee collected his CBE...

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...roles opposite Peter Cushing in the Hammer Horror movies. As well as appearing in horror films such as 1958's Dracula and 1959's The Mummy, London-born Lee also played Scaramanga in 1974 James Bond classic The Man With The Golden...

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...it was his association with British studio Hammer that made him a household name, playing such iconic characters as Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy and, of course, Dracula. Dracula: Prince of Darkness saw Lee's Count come to a predictably...

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