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Title: King of the Zombies (1941)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Dick Purcell | ... | James McCarthy | |
| Joan Woodbury | ... | Barbara Winslow | |
| Mantan Moreland | ... | Jeff | |
| Henry Victor | ... | Dr. Miklos Sangre | |
| John Archer | ... | Bill Summers | |
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Guy Usher | ... | Adm. Wainwright |
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Marguerite Whitten | ... | Samantha |
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James Davis | ... | Lazarus (as Jimmy Davis) |
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Laurence Criner | ... | Dr. Couillie (as Lawrence Criner) |
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During World War 2, a small plane off the south coast of America is low on fuel and blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crashland on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The easily-spooked manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts. Exploring, the 3 find a voodoo ritual in the cellar, where the doctor is trying to acquire war intelligence by transferring personalities into his zombies. But the interruption causes the zombies to turn on their creator. Written by Cynan Rees <cynanrees@hotmail.com>
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Country:
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14 May 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson: [Squeezing between two hypnotized "zombies"] Move over boys, I'm one of the gang now.See more »
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This film (along with "Dr. X" & "Night Monster") rank as my all-time fave Top Three! (I own over 1k films)!
Why? That "Master of Scared-Reaction Comedy", Mantan Moreland takes an (other-wise) dull film & adds a lot of "zip" into it! I think this was his finest role! He does MUCH to improve a cast who's acting (especially the two "heros") is as "wooden" as the zombies themselves!
My favorite line is when the "hero" & Mantan are walking through a dark secret passage, holding a torch. Voodoo drums begin to sound. "What's that?", says the Hero. "I dunno", answers Mantan, "...but it ain't GENE KRUPA!". A scream!
This film WILL offend the "Politically Correct" as "degrading Negro stereotypes", but these people have to realise that Morelan was a Comic GENIUS who also played these "scared reaction" comedy roles for BLACK directors, and the Black Movie-Going Community of the 30's and 40's.
You MUST SEE this film, if only for Mantan's marvellous comedy!