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1 May 1945 (USA) moreTagline:
Hee! Hee! What ghoulish glee! morePlot:
Two inept press agents are ordered to the island of San Sebastian to get a zombie for an opening night publicity stunt of a nightclub... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Do Do That Voodoo That You Do So Well... moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Wally Brown | ... | Jerry Miles | |
| Alan Carney | ... | Mike Streger | |
| Bela Lugosi | ... | Dr. Paul Renault | |
| Anne Jeffreys | ... | Jean LaDance | |
| Sheldon Leonard | ... | Ace Miller | |
| Frank Jenks | ... | Gus | |
| Russell Hopton | ... | Benny | |
| Joseph Vitale | ... | Joseph | |
| Ian Wolfe | ... | Prof. Hopkins | |
| Louis Jean Heydt | ... | Douglas Walker | |
| Darby Jones | ... | Kolaga (the zombie) |
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Prof. Hopkins: His name was Dr. Renault, Dr. Paul Renault. Over twenty-five years ago, he went to the only place where zombies were know to exist - on the island of San Sebastian, one of the smaller Virgin Islands, but I haven't heard from him since.Mike Streger: Oh, we don't want to disturb him, do we Jerry?
Prof. Hopkins: I don't know if he's alive or dead, but if he's alive, he can tell you what you want to know. Go to San Sebastian - Paul can help you.
Jerry Miles: What's this Paul like... if he's alive?
Prof. Hopkins: A great scientist. Yes, some people say he is crazy. I don't think he is crazy... well, ah, not very crazy, anyway.
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Paramont had Bing Crosby and Bob Hope; Universal had Abbott and Costello. RKO responded with Alan Carney and Wally Brown--and although they never challenged Crosby and Hope or Abbott and Costello, they were popular enough to justify a dozen or so "B" pictures during the mid-1940s. The best of these is ZOMBIES ON Broadway, a weird little parody similar to Crosby and Hope's ghost-busting flicks and Abbott and Costello's meetings with every classic monster from Dracula to the Werewolf.
What makes ZOMBIES ON Broadway fun is the absolute absurdity of its plot. Carney and Brown are publicity agents hired by gangster Sheldon Leonard to promote a nightclub called "The Zombie Hut"--and much against their will find themselves sent to the island of San Sebastiane with instructions to bring back a real Zombie for the club's opening. Once on the island, they encounter none other than Bela Lugosi, who can still do that voodoo that he did so well in such 1930s classics as WHITE ZOMBIE. This isn't a classic by any stretch of the imagination, and it certainly won't make any critic's short list--but it is just strange and weird enough to hold your attention through its fairly short running time. The entire cast plays very broadly, and the script is about as subtle as a wrecking ball, but its all in good fun. Recommended as ultra-light entertainment.
Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer