The Mummy's Hand (1940)
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Dick Foran
Steve Banning
Peggy Moran
Marta Solvani
Wallace Ford
Babe Jenson
Eduardo Ciannelli
The High Priest
George Zucco
Andoheb
Cecil Kellaway
Mr. Solvani
Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Petrie
Tom Tyler
The Mummy
Sig Arno
The Beggar
Eddie Foster
Egyptian
Harry Stubbs
Bartender
Christy Cabanne
Director
Michael Mark
Bazaar Owner
Griffin Jay
Writer
Mara Tartar
Girl Vendor
Leon Belasco
Ali
Maxwell Shane
Writer
Ben Pivar
Producer
Nick Borgani
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Jerry Frank
Egyptian Thug (uncredited)
Elwood Bredell
Cinematographer
Philip Cahn
Editor
Frank Lackteen
Temple Priest (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie
Temple Priest (uncredited)
Anne G. Sterling
Woman Wearing Head Scarf (uncredited)
Ken Terrell
Egyptian Thug (uncredited) / Stunts
Boris Karloff
Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
Zita Johann
Princess Ananka (archive footage / uncredited)
James Crane
King Amenophis (archive footage / uncredited)
Jack Otterson
Art Direction
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Vera West
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 20, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 7m
Budget$84,000
Genres
Wiki.
The Mummy's Hand is a 1940 American horror film directed by Christy Cabanne and produced by Ben Pivar for Universal Studios. Shot in black-and-white, the film is about the ancient Egyptian mummy of Kharis (Tom Tyler), who is kept alive with a brew of tana leaves by The High Priest (Eduardo Ciannelli) and his successor Andoheb (George Zucco). Meanwhile, archeologists Steve Banning (Dick Foran) and Babe Jenson (Wallace Ford) persuade magician Solvani (Cecil Kellaway) to finance an expedition in search of the tomb of Princess Ananka. They are joined by Solvani's daughter Marta (Peggy Moran), and followed by Andoheb who is also the professor of Egyptology at the Cairo Museum. Kharis is ordered to kill off expedition members Dr. Petrie (Charles Trowbridge) and Ali (Leon Belasco), while Andoheb becomes attracted to Marta who he plans to kidnap and make immortal.
The Mummy's Hand was made after the financial success of two other Universal Products: Son of Frankenstein and The Invisible Man Returns which led to the studio making a follow-up to The Mummy (1932). The film had what was described as a "modest" budget and reuses footage from The Mummy as well as reusing nearly the entire score from Son of Frankenstein. However, the film has no shared plot with the original film and is not considered a sequel or a remake. The film was shot with a planned budget of $80,000 but went $4,000 over-budget as production completed. The film was released on September 20, 1940, and was followed by a sequel titled The Mummy's Tomb in 1942.