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Synopsis: A couple of comical, out-of-work archaeologists (Dick Foran and Wallace Ford) in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician (Cecil Kellaway) and his beautiful daughter (Peggy Moran), they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest (George Zucco) and the living mummy Kharis (Tom Tyler) who are the guardians of Ananka^Òs tomb.
Director(s): Christy Cabanne
Production: Universal Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
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Year:
1940
67 min
215 Views


84 bucks is all we've got left,

and you spend $75 on a piece

of junk like that.

We'll never get

out of Egypt.

I know what I'm doing.

Is that right?

$75. It is as if

I am being robbed.

You're being

robbed?

Come on.

Good luck?

Poopsie, you're just

an 8-ball with hips!

This mark must mean

a hill or a mountain.

And these markings

translated give us

another name.

The Hill of

the Seven Jackals.

This square at the base

must indicate Ananka's tomb.

If we're right

and we find it...

Your place in archaeological

history is assured, Banning.

As important a find as

the tomb ofTutankhamen.

That sounds good,

but where are you gonna find

this Hill of the 7 Jackasses?

We'll go in and ask

Professor Andoheb.

Professor Andoheb?

Professor Andoheb?

Oh, come in,

gentlemen.

Professor Andoheb,

this is Mr. Banning.

How do you do?

And Mr. Jenson.

I've heard of

Mr. Banning.

I had no idea that

my work had attracted...

the attention of

so great a scientist.

Yes, I believe I have

the facts correct.

The Temple of the Sun

in the Gobi Desert,

the Inca ruins in Mexico,

the lost Himalaya city.

Arresting achievements

for so young a man.

Well, of late my luck

hasn't been so good.

[Dr. Petrie]

But it's changed again.

Mr. Banning found this

in a native bazaar.

This is quite unique.

It is very interesting.

You think so?

These hieroglyphics

are amazingly clear.

We thought that...

Without doubt,

it's one of the cleverest

imitations I have ever seen.

Imitation?

Oh yes, that is

quite apparent.

Surely you weren't

taken in, Dr. Petrie?

As a matter of fact...

What makes you think

this is not authentic?

Think,

Mr. Banning?

I have devoted my entire

life to the study of

Egyptian relics.

And I have, if you'll

pardon my saying so,

achieved some standing

as an authority.

I know your

reputation, sir...

During the many years

I have been with

the Cairo Museum...

we have handled ten,

possibly a dozen vases

exactly like this.

The bazaars do a thriving

business selling them

to the tourists.

Do you mean to say that

we chucked all that dough

into the gutter?

That is a very colorful

way of putting it,

Mr. Jenson.

I might as well have

stayed in Brooklyn.

That gutter was

paved with the

good intentions...

of many enthusiastic

but mistaken young

archaeologists.

Pardon me, professor,

but I'm inclined to

disagree with you.

Naturally you are

entitled to your own

opinion, Mr. Banning.

If the tomb of Ananka

were really found in

the Hill of the 7 Jackals,

wouldn't it be worth

the museum's while to

finance an expedition?

No.

In the first place,

this evidence is

obviously manufactured.

Secondly, there have been

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