The Mummy’s Ghost

An Egyptian high priest (John Carradine) travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian…

• Director: Reginald Le Borg
• Genre:Horror

Cast

John Carradine : Yousef Bey
Robert Lowery : Tom Hervey
Ramsay Ames : Amina Mansouri / Ananka
Barton MacLane : Inspector Walgreen
George Zucco : Andoheb, High Priest of Arkan

In Egypt, Yousef Bey journeys to a remote temple in answer to a summons from Andoheb, High Priest of Arkan. Andoheb has called him to undertake a mission for the priesthood, but first refreshes his memory on the story of Kharis.

Three thousand years ago, Kharis and the Princess Ananka were involved in a forbidden love affair. The princess died and because of her sin, her soul was cursed forever. Kharis was buried alive along with her. Thirty years prior, an expedition located and entered the tomb of Ananka. They fought and escaped from the guardian of the tomb – the living Mummy of Kharis. The archaeologists brought Ananka’s body back to the Scripps Museum in the United States. However, the priests of Arkan sent Kharis to seek vengeance against the defilers of the tomb. Every person from the expedition that entered the tomb died at the Mummy’s hands. Kharis was believed destroyed in a fire at the residence of Stephen Banning, leader of the expedition.

The same story is being told to a group of skeptical college students in Mapleton, Massachusetts. Professor Norman expands on the story, explaining how Kharis was kept alive by the fluid of the leaves of the Tana bush, a plant that has long been extinct. In fact, Professor Norman himself was entrusted with a quantity of the tana leaves that investigators found in order to conduct scientific research.

After the lecture ends, one of the students, Tom Hervey, meets up with his girlfriend Amina Mansori, a beautiful woman of Egyptian descent. Amina has been researching Egyptian history, which has brought on a strange, clouded feeling in her mind. Read more