The Mummy's Hand

The Mummy's Hand is a 1940 horror film, directed by Christy Cabanne.

Steve Banning (Dick Foran) and his sidekick, Babe Jenson (Wallace Ford) are stuck in Egypt following largely unsuccessful efforts at archaeology. They get lucky when they discover a clue to the location of the Princess Ananka's tomb. They convince Solvani (Cecil Kellaway), a travelling magician, to finance the expedition there. Their expedition is also joined by Marta Solvani (Peggy Moran), daughter of the magician. They all become targets to a secret order charged to protect the tomb and their mummy Kharis.

Usually thought to be a sequel to the 1932 The Mummy, The Mummy's Hand is actually a completely different film (unless you count it as a reboot of sorts). It is also a Trope Codifier for the mummy-themed horror films.

It was followed by three sequels.

Tropes in this film:

 * Bar Brawl: Starts out when some men paid by "the beggar" attack our heroes.
 * Black Eyes of Evil: Kharis's eyes in the closeups.
 * Buried Alive: Kharis was buried alive for the sacrilegious act of trying to resurrect his love, Princess Ananka.
 * Chairman of the Brawl
 * Damsel in Distress: Marta.
 * Disappearing Box: Solvani has one. When he drops into it after being confronted by Marta about financing the expedition, he disappears from it and ends up in a locked one.
 * Leave No Witnesses: The slaves that buried Kharis in the past were killed after they were finished.
 * Mummy
 * Pick a Card: Jenson uses this trick to gain free drinks at bars. It backfires when he tries it on Solvani.
 * Stage Magician: The Great Solvani, Marta's father.
 * What Have We Ear?
 * What Measure Is a Non-Badass?: Subverted in this movie. It's not the hero who kills the real villain, the evil high priest who controls Kharis. It's the comedy relief who pumps five bullets into him!
 * Wolves Always Howl At the Moon: Jackals, in this case.
 * Zombie Gait