Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those who she loves.

Mike is a great tuna fisherman although he lost a hand to a shark years earlier saving Pipes Boley. Now Mike is happily married to Quita and doesn't notice that Pipes and Quita are falling for each other.

故事发生在1921年的埃及，一支探险队在法老的坟墓里发现了因霍特（波利斯·卡洛夫BorisKarloff饰）的木乃伊。因霍特曾经是一名王子，因为受到了法老的诅咒而遭遇了活活陪葬的悲惨命运。在墓穴中同时被发现的，还有一份神秘的卷轴，在传说中，这卷轴能够赋予死人新的生命。探险队中的一名成员在阴差阳错之下念出了卷轴上的咒语，之后发狂而死，因…