She is a 1965 British adventure film made by Hammer Film Productions in CinemaScope, based on the 1887 novel by H. Rider Haggard. It was directed by Robert Day and stars Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson, Rosenda Monteros, and Christopher Lee. The film was an international success and led to a 1968 sequel, The Vengeance of She, with Olinka Berova in the title role.
American Theatrical release poster by Tom Chantrell
Drive-in advertisement from 1965
She: A History of Adventure
She, subtitled A History of Adventure, is a novel by the English writer Sir H. Rider Haggard, published in book form in 1887 following serialisation in The Graphic magazine between October 1886 and January 1887. She was extraordinarily popular upon its release and has never been out of print.
Cover of the first edition (1887)
Title page of third edition
Rider Haggard after his return to England in 1881
Rider Haggard's recreation of the Sherd of Amenartas, now in the collection of the Norwich Castle Museum