The Mummy's Hand (1940)
Der Priester eines alten ägyptischen Kultes gibt seine Amtswürde an seinen Nachfolger weiter, das Grab der Prinzessin Anankha vor Entdeckung und Plünderung zu wahren. Zur Absicherung hat der Kult eine unheimliche Absicherung, nämlich den vor Tausenden von Jahren lebendig begrabenen Kharis, den Verlobten von Anankha, der ein Sakrileg begangen hatte. Kharis lebt durch einen aus einer ausgestorbenen Pflanze gewonnenen Trank und übt auf Geheiß der Priester Rache an Frevlers. Doch als der junge Archäologe Banning durch Zufall an eine Urne gelangt, die auf Anankhas Grab verweist, will sein älterer Kollege Petrie der Sache sofort nachgehen, gegen den Widerstand wiederum seines Kollegen Andoheb, der in Wirklichkeit der neue Hohepriester ist. Als die Expedition in die Wüste mit Hilfe eines Berufszauberers gesichert ist, muß Andoheb zu harten Bandagen greifen und Kharis erwecken...
Der Regisseur:
Christy Cabanne
Die Autor:
Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane.
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Dick Foran as Steve Banning |
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Peggy Moran as Marta Solvani |
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Wallace Ford as Babe Jenson |
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George Zucco as Professor Andoheb |
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Cecil Kellaway as The Great Solvani |
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Charles Trowbridge as Dr. Petrie |
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Tom Tyler as The Mummy |
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Eduardo Ciannelli as The High Priest |
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Sig Arno as The Beggar-Henchman |
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Eddie Foster as Egyptian Starting Fight |
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Harry Stubbs as Bartender |
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Michael Mark as Bazaar Owner |
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Mara Tartar as Girl Vendor |
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Leon Belasco as Ali |
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Jerry Frank as Egyptian Thug (uncredited) |
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Frank Lackteen as Temple Priest (uncredited) |
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Murdock MacQuarrie as Temple Priest (uncredited) |
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Anne G. Sterling as Woman Wearing Head Scarf (uncredited) |
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Ken Terrell as Egyptian Thug (uncredited) |
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Boris Karloff as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited) |
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Zita Johann as Princess Ananka (archive footage / uncredited) |
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James Crane as King Amenophis (archive footage / uncredited) |
| Directing | Christy Cabanne | Director |
| Writing | Griffin Jay | Screenplay |
| Camera | Elwood Bredell | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Philip Cahn | Editor |
| Sound | Hans J. Salter | Music Director |
| Sound | Hans J. Salter | Music |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Music |
| Writing | Maxwell Shane | Screenplay |
| Writing | Griffin Jay | Story |
| Production | Ben Pivar | Producer |
| Art | Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Pierce | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Ben Pivar | Treatment |
| Directing | Vaughn Paul | Assistant Director |
| Art | Ralph M. DeLacy | Art Direction |
| Sound | Bernard B. Brown | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Charles Carroll | Sound Engineer |
| Crew | Ken Terrell | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Nestle | Stunt Double |
| Sound | Charles Carroll | Sound |
| Writing | John L. Balderston | Original Film Writer |
| Writing | Nina Wilcox Putnam | Original Film Writer |
| Writing | Richard Schayer | Original Film Writer |