Starring Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Robert Lowery, Ramsay Ames, Barton MacLane
Directed by Reginald LeBorg
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
Kharis the ancient mummy still lives, and a high priest is sent to America to reclaim him and the body of the princess Ananka, only he discovers the princess' soul now resides in a young woman.
A lesser entry in Universal's Mummy series, following the events of The Mummy's Tomb, this effort suffers a bit from weaker atmosphere, evidenced by Chaney's Mummy lumbering in stark daylight from the uninspired hideout of an abandoned railroad yard. The film is bolstered by quality turns from John Carradine as the high priest and Ramsay Ames as the reincarnation of Kharis' lost love, a plot point from the original Mummy film not previously used in the sequels. Unfortunately this doesn't result in any worthwhile scenes of pathos involving Chaney and Ames, but does lead the film to a somewhat unusual climax.
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