The Mummy's Tomb

"The FEAR of the Year!"

1942 1h 1m EN

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5.5

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★5.5TMDB · 88

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Synopsis

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A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.

“The FEAR of the Year!”

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Cast

Lon Chaney Jr.
The Mummy - Kharis
Dick Foran
Prof. Stephen A. Banning
John Hubbard
Dr. John Banning
Elyse Knox
Isobel Evans
George Zucco
Andoheb
Wallace Ford
Babe Hanson
Turhan Bey
Mehemet Bey
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Ella Evans

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Harold Young
Writers: Henry Sucher, Griffin Jay, Neil P. Varnick
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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84 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Mummy (Universal) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Directed by Harold Young, shot by George Robinson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Milton Carruth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Lon Chaney Jr. and Dick Foran and John Hubbard carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "The FEAR of the Year!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0035096 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Harold Young directs. George Robinson behind the camera. Milton Carruth cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
284 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Mummy (Universal) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Harold Young, shot by George Robinson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Milton Carruth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Lon Chaney Jr. and Dick Foran and John Hubbard carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The FEAR of the Year!".
8IMDB entry: tt0035096 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 88 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "princess", "egypt", "monster", "massachusetts".