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The Mummy's Tomb (1942)

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Reviews Counted:5

Fresh:2

Rotten:3

Average Rating:5.3/10

Runtime: 71 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Thirty years after Steve Banning (Dick Foran) and Babe Jenson's (Wallace Ford) journey into the tomb of Princess Ananka, Mehemet Bey, a sinister member of the sinister cult of Akran, brings the... Thirty years after Steve Banning (Dick Foran) and Babe Jenson's (Wallace Ford) journey into the tomb of Princess Ananka, Mehemet Bey, a sinister member of the sinister cult of Akran, brings the Mummy (Lon Chaney, Jr.) from Egypt to the small Massachusetts town inhabited by Banning and Jenson in order to take revenge. Along the way, Bey falls in love with the fiancee of Banning's son and will stop at nothing to possess her. Lon Chaney, Jr. would portray the mummy in two more sequels. [More]

Starring: Lon Chaney, Dick Foran, John Hubbard, Elyse Knox

Starring: Lon Chaney, Dick Foran, John Hubbard, Elyse Knox, George Zucco, Wallace Ford, Turhan Bey, Virginia Brissac, Cliff Clark, Mary Gordon

Director: Harold Young

Director: Harold Young

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08/27/05
Emanuel Levy
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A B-programmer sequel and how come no one ever thinks to just outrun that slow-moving, one-armed stalker!

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01/19/03
Bob Bloom
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Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Some atmospheric bits can't really save this

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08/21/02
Ken Hanke
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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

I know mummies are supposed to be dusty, but...

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
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This sequel of a sequel dilutes the earlier film's successful formula of comedy, adventure and action.

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09/23/01
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