Archaeologists defile the tomb of mummified Kharis, who was buried alive for falling in love with an Egyptian princess.Archaeologists defile the tomb of mummified Kharis, who was buried alive for falling in love with an Egyptian princess.Archaeologists defile the tomb of mummified Kharis, who was buried alive for falling in love with an Egyptian princess.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- The High Priest
- (as Eduardo Cianelli)
- Mr. Solvani
- (as Cecil Kelloway)
- The Beggar
- (as Siegfried Arno)
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
- King Amenophis
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Egyptian Thug
- (uncredited)
- Princess Ananka
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Griffin Jay
- Maxwell Shane
- John L. Balderston(1932 screenplay) (uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsA little before 15 minutes into the movie, Professor Andoheb refers to "the Inca ruins in Mexico", yet the Incas never were in Mexico. In reality, the Incas were centered in Peru with their empire stretching from Ecuador to northern Chile.
- Quotes
Andoheb: Tana leaves!
The High Priest: Bring three of them. Three of the leaves will make enough fluid to keep Kharis's heart beating. Once each night, during the cycle of the full moon, you will dissolve three tana leaves and give the fluid to Kharis.
[a jackal howls]
The High Priest: Children of the night, they howl about the Hill of the Seven Jackals when Kharis must be fed. Should unbelievers seek to desecrate the tomb of Ananka, you will use nine leaves each night to give life and movement to Kharis. Thus you will enable him to bring vengeance on the heads of those who try to enter.
Andoheb: Yes, master.
The High Priest: But never, for any reason, must you brew more than *nine* leaves at one time. Should Kharis obtain a large amount of the fluid, he would become an uncontrollable *monster*, a soulless demon with the desire to kill and kill.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Mummy (1932)
THE MUMMY'S HAND is my favorite mummy film and easily the best in the Universal "Kharis" saga.
Dick Foran, Wallace Ford, Cecil Kellaway, and Peggy Moran make a very pleasant group of amateur explorers as they search out the tomb of Princess Ananka in Egypt. What they stumble upon instead was the first (in a now played-out) deadly mistake: a living mummy.
Kharis is a bandaged monstrosity kept alive by a high priest (George Zucco in his most sinister role) and is a protector for his long-lost love. When Zucco feeds him a fluid brewed from nine tana leaves, Kharis is kept stalking and dealing death to those who dared enter his lair.
Tom Tyler is for my money the best choice to portray the mummy. He creeps and crumbles perfectly, even gaining effect from his dark, staring eyes in chilling close-ups.
Some fans complain about the intrusive comedy during the film, and while I too am unforgiving of such practices, in this case I think they help the festivities rather than detract from them. All in all, THE MUMMY'S HAND remains one of the better efforts from the 1940's and definitely the best of the Kharis pictures.
- mord39
- Oct 1, 2000
Details
- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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