| Release Date: | Aug 1959 |
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| Genre: | Horror |
| Runtime: | 88 min |
| Cast: | Peter Cushing (John Banning) Christopher Lee (Kharis, the Mummy) Yvonne Furneaux (Isobel Banning / Princess Ananka) Eddie Byrne (Inspector Mulrooney) Felix Aylmer (Stephen Banning) Raymond Huntley (Joseph Whemple) George Pastell (Mehemet Bey, Alias Mehemet Akir) Michael Ripper (Poacher) George Woodbridge (Police Constable) Harold Goodwin (Pat) Denis Shaw (Mike) Gerald Lawson (Irish Customer) Willoughby Gray (Dr. Reilly) John Stuart (Coroner) David Browning (Police Sergeant) Frank Sieman (Bill at the Red Lion) Stanley Meadows (James, Engerfield Attendant) Frank Singuineau (Head Porter) James Clarke (Priest (uncredited)) John Harrison (Priest (uncredited)) Frederick Rawlings ((uncredited)) |
In 1895, a team of archaeologists uncover the tomb of Princess Ananka, an Egyptian high priestess. They are warned not to disturb the tomb but in doing so, inadvertently bring to life the mummy of Kharis, the high priest who loved the Princess. While in the tomb alone, something happens to frighten the leader of the expedition, Stephen Banning. Three years later an Egyptian, Mehemet Bey, transports the mummy to England to seek revenge against those who desecrated the Princess' tomb. It is left to Stephen Banning's son John to unravel the mystery and to protect his wife Isobel, who bears a striking resemblance to the Princess.
