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Director:
Christy Cabanne
Writers:
Griffin Jay (story)
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Release Date:
20 September 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Comedy | Horror more
Tagline:
The tomb of a thousand terrors! more
Plot:
A couple of comical, out-of-work archaeologists (Dick Foran and Wallace Ford) in Egypt discover evidence... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Obviously nothing great, but kind of fun by it's own merit. more (45 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Dick Foran ... Steve Banning
Peggy Moran ... Marta Solvani
Wallace Ford ... Babe Jenson
Eduardo Ciannelli ... The High Priest (as Eduardo Cianelli)
George Zucco ... Professor Andoheb
Cecil Kellaway ... The Great Solvani (as Cecil Kelloway)
Charles Trowbridge ... Dr. Petrie
Tom Tyler ... Kharis
Sig Arno ... The Beggar (as Siegfried Arno)
Eddie Foster ... Egyptian Starting Fight
Harry Stubbs ... Bartender
Michael Mark ... Bazaar Owner
Mara Tartar ... Girl Vendor
Leon Belasco ... Ali
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jerry Frank ... Egyptian Thug (uncredited)

Boris Karloff ... Kharis (uncredited) (archive footage)
Frank Lackteen ... Temple Priest (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie ... Temple Priest (uncredited)
Ken Terrell ... Egyptian Thug (uncredited)
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Directed by
Christy Cabanne 
 
Writing credits
Griffin Jay (story)

Griffin Jay (screenplay) &
Maxwell Shane (screenplay)

Ben Pivar (treatment contributor) uncredited

Produced by
Ben Pivar .... producer
 
Original Music by
Hans J. Salter (uncredited)
Frank Skinner (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Elwood Bredell 
 
Film Editing by
Philip Cahn 
 
Art Direction by
Jack Otterson 
 
Set Decoration by
Russell A. Gausman  (as R.A. Gausman)
 
Costume Design by
Vera West (gowns)
 
Makeup Department
Jack P. Pierce .... makeup creator (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vaughn Paul .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Ralph M. DeLacy .... associate art director
 
Sound Department
Bernard B. Brown .... sound supervisor
Charles Carroll .... sound technician
 
Music Department
Hans J. Salter .... musical director (as H.J. Salter)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
67 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #6497)
Filming Locations:
Universal City, California, USA
Company:
Universal Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Due to a clerical oversight, "The Mummy's Hand" was never legally made available for television viewings, and remained largely unseen until Universal Studios VHS release in 1997. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Marta says, "I'll fix him with my trick revolver," her lips do not move. more
Quotes:
Babe Jenson: Hey Steve, can a dame go crazy from being sawed in half too many times? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Tremors: The Sounds of Silence (#1.10)" (2003) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Obviously nothing great, but kind of fun by it's own merit., 13 June 2006
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Author: Vaderdoggy from United States

After the initial success of "The Mummy" in 1932, Universal made four sequels to it between 1940 and 1944. All five of these films are available on DVD in Universal's Mummy Legacy Collection set. The original film with Boris Karloff is pretty good. "The Mummy's Hand" (1940) isn't bad either, but it is the only sequel film with watching.

Obviously, the film is not great by any stretch of the imagination, but it is kind of fun for old movie enthusiasts and classic movie buffs in particular. The atmosphere of the film is more easygoing and high-spirited than the excessively melodramatic later sequels. This is due in part to the fact that it progresses more like an adventure movie than a true horror film. A major factor that makes this film superior to the later ones is that it actually takes place in Egypt, giving the larger-than-life storyline necessary for such a film an appropriately foreign setting. In the later films, the mummy character wreaks havoc in the southern United States, which just makes those films weird and hokey. The movie doesn't take itself too seriously; some of the main characters include a stereotypical, quick-talking Brooklyn sidekick and a slightly eccentric stage magician.

Obviously, this movie is not for everyone. If you don't like old movies or movies without a truly good plot, avoid this one. But as I said before, if you're into classic monsters and you're in the mood for a good old, fun, corny monster flick, this one is worth a try. Don't expect it to be more that it is, because it's not trying to be more than it is in the first place. Watch it, enjoy it for what it is, and don't bother with the later sequels.

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