The Mummy

The Mummy is a 1959 Technicolor British Hammer Horror film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Though the title suggests Universal Pictures' 1932 film of the same name, the film actually derives its plot and characters entirely from two later Universal films, The Mummy's Hand and The Mummy's Tomb, with the climax borrowed directly from The Mummy's Ghost. The character name "Joseph Whemple" is the only connection with the 1932 version. In 1987, the film was acquired by Warner Bros. In Egypt in 1895, archaeologists John Banning , his father Stephen and his uncle Joseph Whemple are... searching for the tomb of Princess Ananka, the high priestess of the god Karnak. John has a broken leg and cannot accompany his father and uncle when they open the tomb. Before they enter, an Egyptian man named Mehemet Bey warns them not to go in, lest they face the fatal curse against desecraters. Stephen and Joseph ignore him, and discover within the sarcophogus of Ananka. After Joseph leaves to tell John the good news, Stephen finds the mythical Scroll of Life and reads from it.
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