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THE MUMMY'S TOMB (1942). Tepid sequel to the enjoyable THE MUMMY'S HAND that is full of filler, mistakes and just plain dumbness-the most obvious being George Zucco in HAND being shot four times at point blank range and rolling down at least 50 stone steps. In TOMB, he's a little worse for wear, but still around, explaining that .."the bullet he fired only crushed my arm". Not that the Universals were complex onuses, but continuity would be nice.
First Kharis appearance for Lon Chaney Jr and he looks pretty cool, burned and out for blood, Turhan Bey is bland and young Marilyn Monroe look-a-like Elyse Knox (who later was Mom to Mark Harmon) is quite lovely.
This was on a Double Bill with NIGHT MONSTER-skip TMT and watch NM instead. *
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