The Mummy's Hand
The tomb of a thousand terrors!
1940 | 67m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Christy Cabanne |
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| Writer: | Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane |
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| A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter, they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest and the living mummy Kharis who are the guardians of Ananka’s tomb. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 20, 1940 |
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| Director: | Christy Cabanne |
| Writer: | Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane |
| Genres: | Fantasy, Adventure, Horror |
| Keywords | egypt, monster, mummy, buried alive, sequel, murder, curse, black and white, archaeologist, high priest, archaeological expedition, ancient religion, egyptian tomb, sarcophagus, buried tomb, burial chamber, secret rites |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $84,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dick Foran | Steve Banning |
| Peggy Moran | Marta Solvani |
| Wallace Ford | Babe Jenson |
| Eduardo Ciannelli | The High Priest |
| George Zucco | Professor Andoheb |
| Cecil Kellaway | The Great Solvani |
| Charles Trowbridge | Dr. Petrie |
| Tom Tyler | The Mummy |
| Sig Arno | The Beggar-Henchman |
| Eddie Foster | Egyptian Starting Fight |
| Harry Stubbs | Bartender |
| Michael Mark | Bazaar Owner |
| Mara Tartar | Girl Vendor |
| Leon Belasco | Ali |
| Jerry Frank | Egyptian Thug (uncredited) |
| Frank Lackteen | Temple Priest (uncredited) |
| Murdock MacQuarrie | Temple Priest (uncredited) |
| Anne G. Sterling | Woman Wearing Head Scarf (uncredited) |
| Ken Terrell | Egyptian Thug (uncredited) |
| Boris Karloff | Kharis (archive footage / uncredited) |
| Zita Johann | Princess Ananka (archive footage / uncredited) |
| James Crane | King Amenophis (archive footage / uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Griffin Jay | Story, Screenplay |
| Elwood Bredell | Director of Photography |
| Philip Cahn | Editor |
| Maxwell Shane | Screenplay |
| Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Vera West | Costume Design |
| Charles Carroll | Sound Engineer, Sound |
| Hans J. Salter | Music, Music Director |
| Ben Pivar | Treatment |
| Vaughn Paul | Assistant Director |
| Ralph M. DeLacy | Art Direction |
| Bernard B. Brown | Sound Supervisor |
| Ken Terrell | Stunts |
| Jack Nestle | Stunt Double |
| Christy Cabanne | Director |
| Jack Pierce | Makeup Artist |
| Frank Skinner | Music |
| John L. Balderston | Original Film Writer |
| Nina Wilcox Putnam | Original Film Writer |
| Richard Schayer | Original Film Writer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ben Pivar | Producer |
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Not a bad movie for a rainy Saturday afternoon. It's a little serious and a little bit fun. Keep an open mind and realize this isn't a million dollar production and it can be very enjoyable. ...
Ultimately, this spawned three sequels that develop the tales of "Kharis" (this time Tom Tyler) as he is raised from his perpetual living death to reconcile with his "Princess Ananka". By far the best of them, this film starts off with Dick Foran ("Steve Banning) and Wallace Ford ("Babe Johnson") as ... two hapless archaeologists who accidentally discover and defile the tomb of "Kharis" who, together with his menacing, megalomanic High Priest "Andoheb" (George Zucco) are not best pleased. Revived by his potent elixir of Tan leaves, the mummy sets off to wreak vengeance on his desecrators - and, of course, to find his long lost gal whom he hopes will buy into his new "been in a terrible fire/hospital" look. The production is a bit basic - there is plenty of repetitive use of the same shots but the cast/writing in this are quite decent - Cecil Kellaway and Eduardo Cianelli are quite effective at keeping the story moving along between strangulations and it's got quite a good conclusion too. No relation to Karloff's 1932 version, but still quite an enjoyable development go the them that I rather enjoyed.