The Mummy

The Mummy
  • Release date: 16 Dec 1959
  • Release year: 1959
  • Runtime: 88 minutes
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Keywords: 19th century, year 1895, year 1898, 1890s, tomb, mummy, archaeologist, scroll, egyptian tomb, remake
Plot:
In1895, in Egypt, the British archaeologists John Banning, his father Stephen Banning and his uncle Joseph Whemple discover the tomb of Princess Ananka. Stephen finds inside the tomb The Scroll of Life and reads it, awaking The Mummy of Anaka's keeper and former lover Kharis. He has a heart attack and goes insane. The Egyptian Mehemet Bey that worships Ananka steals the scroll and controls The Mummy. Three years later, in England, Stephen is an intern in a mental institution and John has married his fiancee Isobel. However the fanatic Mehemet decides to use The Scroll of Life to revenge those that have desecrated Anaka's tomb. The Mummy attacks Stephen and Joseph; however, when The Mummy attacks John, Isobel that resembles Ananka saves her husband. But will she be saved from The Mummy?
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