- It was never really established what made him crack, was it?
- Overwork and the excitement.
- That was the doctor's verdict.
- That's what it was. What else could it have been?
— Joseph Whemple (Raymond Huntley), John Banning (Peter Cushing)
10 seconds sound clip from the The Mummy (1959) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:32:08.583 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- We had a good laugh about it afterwards.
- You were very fond of your father, weren't you?
- That was my own fault. I could have gone back to base and had it set.
- Then all the trouble started. Do you remember that day?
- I don't think I shall ever forget it.
- That look on your father's face when he realised he'd discovered Ananka's tomb. And then afterwards.
- It was never really established what made him crack, was it?
- Overwork and the excitement.
- That was the doctor's verdict.
- That's what it was. What else could it have been?
- I can't get out of my mind what Father said to me the other day when I went to see him.
- All that nonsense about the living mummy and the Scroll of Life?
- Mmm-hmm.
- You'd better, otherwise you'll be having a breakdown too.
- Vaguely, yes. What about it?
- Some wild story about the living dead. That sort of thing, wasn't it?
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