Main Cast: Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson, Christopher Lee, Rosenda Monteros
Release Year: 1965
Country: UK
Run Time: 105 minutes
Plot
Hammer Films co-produced this lavishly mounted adventure, the fourth adaptation of the novel by H. Rider Haggard. In Jerusalem, Leo Vincey (John Richardson) meets with a slave girl, Ustane (Rosenda Monteros), who has been charged with bringing him to an immortal queen, Ayesha (Ursula Andress). Ayesha, who desires Leo because of his resemblance to her long-dead lover, offers riches if he will travel to her lost city in the mountains, where a magical flame will also give him eternal life. Accompanied by his adventurous friend Major Horace Holly (Peter Cushing), Leo sets out for the fabled city across the desert, but along the way Ustane causes trouble when she decides she wants Leo for her own. She (1965) was followed by a sequel, The Vengeance of She (1968), although the follow-up did not star Andress. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Andre Morell - Haumeid; John Maxim - Captain of the Guard
Credit
Robert Jones - Art Director, Don Mingaye - Art Director, Christine Lawson - Choreography, Roy Ashton - Costume Designer, Carl Toms - Costume Designer, Bruce Sharman - First Assistant Director, Robert Day - Director, Eric Boyd-Perkins - Editor, James Needs - Editor, James Bernard - Composer (Music Score), Harry Waxman - Cinematographer, Michael Carreras - Producer, Aida Young - Producer, George Blackwell - Special Effects, Claude Hitchcock - Sound/Sound Designer, David T. Chantler - Screenwriter, H. Rider Haggard - Book Author
