A resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.A resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.A resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Henry Victor
- The Saxon Warrior
- (scenes deleted)
Arnold Gray
- Knight
- (scenes deleted)
Florence Britton
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Jack Deery
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
- Gentleman #2 at Cairo Party
- (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
- Inspector's Assistant
- (uncredited)
Tony Marlow
- Police Inspector
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe main theme music to the opening credits is the same movement from Swan Lake used to open Dracula (1931).
- GoofsImhotep has been sentenced to "the Nameless Death", yet his name is still inscribed on his coffin. The ancient Egyptians had chisels and should have been able to destroy the glyphs on the coffin that make up Imhotep's name, but it is untouched when his mummy is found.
- Quotes
[Norton laughs manically after seeing the Mummy leave the archaelogists' workshop with the sacred scroll]
Sir Joseph Whemple: What's the matter, man? For heaven's sake, what is it?
Ralph Norton: He went for a little walk! You should have seen his face!
- Crazy creditsThe credit begins over a rotating model of the Pyramids' site, then the main title 'The Mummy' is made with 3D rock letters on the side of a pyramid.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Mummy's Hand (1940)
- SoundtracksMisterioso
(uncredited)
Composer unknown
Precedes "Swan Lake" during opening credits
Featured review
One of the better classic horror flicks
Another film that puts the basic storyline of Dracula to better use. This time, it's the undead Egyptian priest, I'm-ho-tep (Boris Karloff), who puts the beautiful Helen under his spell. David Manners and Edward Van Sloan both reprise their Dracula roles as the young hero, and the wise old mentor respectively. Van Sloan, who is the only actor to appear in Frankenstein, Dracula and The Mummy, gives his best performance here. Karloff is also quite good as the evil villain, I'm-ho-tep. This remains the only mummy movie that can really be called a suspense film or thriller rather than a monster movie. It's not quite as good as Frankenstein, but it's still one of the better classic horror flicks.
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- km_dickson
- Sep 21, 2005
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $196,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $58
- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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