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THE MUMMY

(The Mummy)
A film directed by Karl Freund
1932 - 73 minutes - Black & White - Mono - 1.37

SYNOPSIS

The   Mummy   features   horror   icon   Boris   Karloff   in a legendary performance as the Egyptian, Imhotep, who is accidentally revived  by a   team   of   archaeologists   after   3,700   years.  It is revealed in a flashback that he was a high priest, embalmed alive for trying to revive the vestal virgin whom he loved, after she  had  been  sacrificed.  Alive again,  he  sets  out on an obsessive -- and deadly -- quest to find his lost love.

MAIN CAST

Boris Karloff
Zita Johann
David Manners
Arthur Byron
Edward Van Sloan
Bramwell Fletcher
Noble Johnson
Kathryn Byron
Leonard Mudie
James Crane
Henry Victor
Arnold Gray
Imhotep
Helen Grosvenor
Frank Whemple
Sir Joseph Whemple
Doctor Muller
Ralph Norton
The Nubian
Frau Muller
Professor Pearson
The Pharaoh
The Saxon Warrior (scenes del...
Knight (scenes deleted)

ALSO KNOWN AS

Cagliostro (inc)
Im-Ho-Tep (inc)
King of the Dead (inc)

RELEASE DATES

US Release Date: December 22, 1932

PRODUCTION

Universal Pictures

DISTRIBUTORS

Universal Pictures (USA)
Realart Pictures Inc. (USA)

BOX-OFFICE

Budget
$196,000
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