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30 April 1943 (USA)
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See this strange, strange story of a woman whose lure set brother against brother; whose love caused hate - and whose beauty bowed to the will of an evil spell in whose power we must refuse to believe - EVEN IF IT'S TRUE! more
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A young Canadian nurse (Betsy) comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager (Paul Holland)...
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1 nomination
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Cinematical Seven: Directorial Double Whammies
(From Cinematical. 13 October 2009, 8:15 PM, PDT)
Old Ass Movies: Know the Horror of ‘I Walked with a Zombie’
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 30 August 2009, 11:18 AM, PDT)
(From Cinematical. 13 October 2009, 8:15 PM, PDT)
Old Ass Movies: Know the Horror of ‘I Walked with a Zombie’
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 30 August 2009, 11:18 AM, PDT)
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Not your usual brain-eating corpses...and that's a good thing!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | James Ellison | ... | Wesley Rand |
| Frances Dee | ... | Betsy Connell |
| Tom Conway | ... | Paul Holland |
| Edith Barrett | ... | Mrs. Rand |
| James Bell | ... | Dr. Maxwell |
| Christine Gordon | ... | Jessica Holland |
| Theresa Harris | ... | Alma - Maid (as Teresa Harris) |
| Sir Lancelot | ... | Calypso Singer |
| Darby Jones | ... | Carrefour |
| Jeni Le Gon | ... | Dancer (as Jeni LeGon) |
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69 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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USA:PG (TV rating) |
Iceland:L |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Sweden:15 |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) (1998) |
USA:Approved (PCA #8949)
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In the script, the fictitious island is very explicitly identified as being owned by the United States. None of these items (such as a prominent American flag flying at the harbor) made it into the film, and items like the Island's association with British Columbia (where Betsy is from) suggest that it might instead be a current or former British colony.
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Dr. Maxwell:
She makes a beautiful zombie doesn't she?
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Featured in Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007) (TV)
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The British Grenadiers
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First of all: PLEASE don't let the misleading, rather silly sounding title discourage you! I walked with a Zombie is another brilliant result of the collaborations between producer Val Lewton and director Jacques Tourneur. Released one year after the simply astonishing movie 'Cat People', this is yet another intelligently elaborated and genuinely original genre-masterpiece. The solid screenplay contains a rarely seen before amount of eeriness and handles about a young ambitious nurse who goes to San Antonio in order to take care of Jessica. Jessica is the wife of plantation-owner Paul Holland and she suffers from a bizarre mental paralysis, supposedly caused by a tropical fever. She is – in fact – a zombie only not the type of walking corpse you usually expect in horror movies. Betsy, the nurse, is somehow convinced that Jessica may still be cured and turns to the Voodoo-community that is living on the island as well. Just like he pulled it off in Cat People, Tourneur manages to bring suspense in a subtle way. Without bloody images but with a unique photography and efficient set pieces! I walked with a Zombie contains great dialogs, intriguing characters and mind bending plot-twists. This is an intelligent and demanding film, especially made for people who take this genre serious! It ranks slightly under 'Cat People' but light-years above most other horror films. Check it out!