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Release Date:
20 September 1940 (USA) 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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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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Runtime:
67 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The temple scenes reused sets from Green Hell (1940) more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the bar fight, an actor in the scene is thrown against a wall, causing it to move briefly about 4-5 inches apart from where it joins the adjacent section. more
Quotes:
Babe Jenson: Little girls who play with guns get hurt.
Marta Solvani, Stage Name of Marta Sullivan: I'll get hurt?
[fires shots into the door]
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Movie Connections:
Remade as The Mummy (1959) more

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12 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
The Mummy's Hand (1940) ***, 16 February 2005
7/10
Author: JoeKarlosi from U.S.A.

Not a sequel to Boris Karloff's THE MUMMY, but the start of an entirely different series of non-related films.

A group of likable treasure seekers search for the tomb of an ancient princess, but they encounter her still-living mummified prince instead, bent on destroying anyone who would dare defile the ancient Egyptian gods. This was the first and best of four Universal films featuring the mummy Kharis. At this stage of the game the formula was still fresh and not at all clichéd or monotonous, so that already places HAND at a distinct advantage over its other sequels and spin-off's.

Tom Tyler makes one very creepy mummy, all arthritic and twisted, with weird eyes that are optically blackened out for full effect in chilling closeups. George Zucco is deliciously cunning as the mad High Priest who keeps the mummy alive and killing via the sacred brew of nine ancient tana leaves. Dick Foran, Wallace Ford, Cecil Kellaway and Peggy Moran are all very pleasant as the awkward explorers who stumble upon Kharis' cursed tomb.

Comic relief is well used but never becomes intrusive, as the action always remains dead serious whenever the mummy takes center stage.

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