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Release year: 1944

Storyline

Kharis the mummy is given a sacred potion that grants him eternal life to search for his lost love, Princess Ananka, despite the unending curse that haunts them.

Top credits

Directors

Reginald Le Borg

Writers

Cast

Lon Chaney Jr. — Kharis
John Carradine — Yousef Bey
Robert Lowery — Tom Hervey
Ramsay Ames — Amina

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Did you know

• In the scene where Kharis trashes the Scripps Museum, Lon Chaney Jr. drove his fist through real glass--it was supposed to be breakaway glass, but the prop man forgot to replace it before shooting started--and a shard of it flew up and cut him through his mummy mask in his chin. In this scene, Kharis can be seen bleeding, and it's real blood.

• Although there are rumors that Lon Chaney Jr.'s scenes in the "Mummy" series frequently used doubles for him, director Reginald Le Borg stated that Chaney did his own scenes in this film.

• According to director Reginald Le Borg in a 1989 interview, Lon Chaney Jr., as Kharis, went overboard in the scene in which he strangles Frank Reicher, although Chaney blocked the camera from picking up Reicher's reaction. The veteran actor was moaning, and exclaimed, "He nearly killed me!" According to LeBorg, Reicher was a veteran and didn't make a formal complaint, but the next day the director noticed his neck visibly bore the effects.