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We Want Our Mummy (1939)

We Want Our Mummy (1939)

Comedy Adventure Horror

Found - in a storm of laughs!

Release Date: 1939, February 24
Directors: Del Lord
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Cast: Robert B. Williams, James C. Morton, Theodore Lorch, Dick Curtis, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, John Tyrrell, Bud Jamison, Curly Howard, Eddie Laughton

Overview:

The stooges go to Egypt in search of the mummy of king Rootin-Tootin for which a museum will pay a $5000 prize. They wind up in the mummy's tomb where they are harassed by some bad guys after the same objective. The villains, who have kidnapped a professor from the museum, want the jewels buried inside the mummy. When Curly accidentally destroys the mummy, Moe and Larry wrap him in bandages to fool the bad guys. They manage to rescue the professor and retrieve the real mummy of Rootin-Tootin who turns out to have been a midget.

Keywords:

slapstick comedy short film mummy black and white