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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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Moody, Creepy Masterpiece
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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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"I Walked With A Zombie" is a brilliant bit of film making. Based somewhat on the classic story of "Jane Eyre," "Zombie" takes us to the South Seas, where Nurse Betsy Connell arrives on a remote sugar plantation owned by the mysterious and reclusive Paul Holland. Betsy has been hired to care for Paul's wife Jessica, a catatonic beauty who wanders around in her nightgown a lot, looking (as the Sex Pistols once put it) Pretty Vacant. The locals whisper about zombies, believing that Jessica has been cursed and is now one of the living, walking dead. A calypso singer follows Nurse Betsy around a lot, providing her with clues in his catchy songs. Nurse Betsy, far from being a close-minded Westerner, becomes intrigued by the tales of zombies and is determined to learn the truth about Jessica's condition in hopes of curing the woman. She even bravely ventures into the cane fields in the dead of night, following the worlds creepiest looking native (a golf-ball eyed zombie-like man) to a voodoo ceremony with Jessica at her side.
Fans of Fulci zombies may be disappointed by the lack of gut-munching gore here. These zombies are not cadavers returned from the grave, half-rotted horrors shambling about looking for flesh to feast upon. These are traditional, mind-erased zombies, unfeeling, unthinking and unresponsive to anything. The atmosphere is wonderful, filled with great music, strong women and natives who look like the real thing. The love triangle quickly becomes a love square and the haunting conclusion is both shocking and grimly satisfying. Fans of the brilliant Tourneur won't be disappointed - his mark is all over this beautiful film, from beginning to end. It is one of his very best.