The Mummy's Hand

"The tomb of a thousand terrors!"

1940 1h 7m EN

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5.7

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★5.7TMDB · 104

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Synopsis

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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.

“The tomb of a thousand terrors!”

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Cast

Dick Foran
Steve Banning
Peggy Moran
Marta Solvani
Wallace Ford
Babe Jenson
George Zucco
Professor Andoheb
Cecil Kellaway
The Great Solvani
Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Petrie
Tom Tyler
The Mummy
Eduardo Ciannelli
The High Priest

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christy Cabanne
Writers: Griffin Jay, Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

ERA

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86 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Christy Cabanne, shot by Elwood Bredell. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Dick Foran and Peggy Moran and Wallace Ford carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The tomb of a thousand terrors!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Christy Cabanne directs. Elwood Bredell behind the camera. Philip Cahn cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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1Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
386 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Part of the "The Mummy (Universal) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Christy Cabanne, shot by Elwood Bredell. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Philip Cahn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Dick Foran and Peggy Moran and Wallace Ford carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The tomb of a thousand terrors!".
9IMDB entry: tt0032818 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 17 themes, including "egypt", "monster", "mummy", "buried alive".

The technical file

Cinematography: Elwood Bredell
Editing: Philip Cahn
Costume design: Vera West
Makeup / hair: Jack Pierce
Runtime: 67 min · 1h 7m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $84,000
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Mummy's Hand (1940)

Part of

The Mummy (Universal) Collection

A Universal Production film series beginning with The Mummy in 1932 and followed by four sequels up to 1944.

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Christy Cabanne

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Ack2016-01-15
★ 7.5/10
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.
CinemaSerf2022-06-23
★ 6/10
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.