We Want Our Mummy

We Want Our Mummy

Found - in a storm of laughs!

NR 1939 · 17 min · ★ 6.6 · Comedy, Adventure, Horror

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.

Directed by Del Lord · Written by Elwood Ullman

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Cast

Curly Howard Curly
Larry Fine Larry
Moe Howard Moe
Dick Curtis Jackson (uncredited)
Bud Jamison Dr. Crowell (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch Thug in Mummy Outfit (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton Cab Driver (uncredited)
James C. Morton Prof. Wilson (uncredited)
John Tyrrell Thug in Egyptian Garb (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams Prof. Tuttle (uncredited)

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