this be a direct sequel to the mummy hand ( 1940 ) and because the lead character and stephen banning ( play by dick foran ) be now thirty year old and be relate the story ( with the help of archival footage ) to his son fiancé . there be only two unusual aspect to the film represent the early death of banning and and the presence of turhan bey . lon chaney a the mummy kharis get top billing and though give the nature of his role and he have little more to do than limp along or thrash his arm about . there nothing scary about his presence and except for his attempt to carry off the fiancé and isobel ( elyse knox ) . dick foran get second billing and but he kill off within the first fifteen minute . we would have to wait until psycho ( 1960 ) when a lead character ( janet leigh ) die way before the end of the movie . ban buddy from the first film and babe jenson ( now henson ) and show up a little later look much and much and old and not do any of the comic shtick he do in the original . it hard to believe it the same actor . unfortunately and this great acting job be waste because he get kill by kharis after only two brief scene . it then leave up to ban son john ( play by bit player john hubbard ) to lead the chase to the cemetery no . the sheriff lead a torch wield mob to ban house to burn it down and kill the mummy . sound universally familiar . turhan bey be introduce to audience a the new high priest and mehmet bey and to care for and fee tana leave to kharis . with his exotic voice and appearance and it too bad he get so easily kill . a good movie would have have babe take von helsing type charge of thing in track down the mummy and with a final decisive battle with him and mehmet bay . but instead we have a pedestrian rehash of different set piece from previous universal horror film and put together by the hack griffin jay who write many of universal other clunkers and although he also do don winslow of the navy ( 1942 ) as well a don winslow of the coast guard ( 1943 ) which also feature elyse knox . elyse knox play anne howe in six joe palooka movie ( 1946 1949 ) and and of course and turhan bey and with 43 movie and tv credit and be great in the title role of the amazing dr. x ( 1948 ) . the cinematography be much darker and more atmospheric ( with lot of noirish shadow in the sheriff office ) than the first kharis mummy film and but there little else of interest or excitement . i will give it a 3 .