I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
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- Passed
- 1h 9min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 30 Apr 1943 (USA)
- Movie
A nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.
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- 3 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
James Ellison | ... |
Wesley Rand
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Frances Dee | ... |
Betsy Connell
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Tom Conway | ... |
Paul Holland
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Edith Barrett | ... |
Mrs. Rand
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James Bell | ... |
Dr. Maxwell
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Christine Gordon | ... |
Jessica Holland
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Theresa Harris | ... |
Alma
(as Teresa Harris)
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Sir Lancelot | ... |
Calypso Singer
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Darby Jones | ... |
Carrefour
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Jeni Le Gon | ... |
Dancer
(as Jeni LeGon)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Richard Abrams | ... |
Clement (uncredited)
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Doris Ake | ... |
Black Friend of Melise (uncredited)
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Rita Christiani | ... |
Friend of Melise (uncredited)
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Vivian Dandridge | ... |
Melisse (uncredited)
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Alan Edmiston | ... |
Job Interviewer (uncredited)
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Kathleen Hartsfield | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Norman Mayes | ... |
Bayard (uncredited)
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Jieno Moxzer | ... |
Sabreur (uncredited)
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Clinton Rosemond | ... |
Coachman (uncredited)
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Arthur Walker | ... |
Ti-Joseph (uncredited)
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Martin Wilkins | ... |
Houngan (uncredited)
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Melvin Williams | ... |
Baby (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jacques Tourneur |
Written by
Curt Siodmak | ... | (screen play) and |
Ardel Wray | ... | (screen play) |
Inez Wallace | ... | (original story) |
Charlotte Brontë | ... | (novel "Jane Eyre") (uncredited) |
Produced by
Val Lewton | ... | producer |
Music by
Roy Webb |
Cinematography by
J. Roy Hunt | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Mark Robson |
Art Direction by
Albert S. D'Agostino | ||
Walter E. Keller |
Set Decoration by
A. Roland Fields | ... | (as Al Fields) |
Darrell Silvera |
Makeup Department
Maurice Seiderman | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Dorfman | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
John C. Grubb | ... | sound recordist (as John C.Grubb) |
Terry Kellum | ... | sound re-recordist (uncredited) |
James G. Stewart | ... | sound re-recordist (uncredited) |
Music Department
C. Bakaleinikoff | ... | musical director |
Additional Crew
Lou L. Ostrow | ... | supervisor (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- RKO Radio Pictures (presents)
Distributors
- RKO Radio Pictures (1943) (United States) (theatrical) (as An R K O Radio Picture)
- RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada (1943) (United States) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1943) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures de México (1943) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Films (1944) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1952) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release) (as An R K O Radio Picture)
- RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada (1952) (Canada) (theatrical) (re-release)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1952) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (re-release)
- RKO Pictures (Australasia) (1952) (Australia) (theatrical) (re-release)
- RKO Radio Films (1952) (Sweden) (theatrical) (re-release)
- C&C Television Corporation (1955) (United States) (tv)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1957) (United States) (theatrical) (as An R K O Radio Picture)
- Turner Home Entertainment (1991) (United States) (VHS)
- Image Entertainment (1995) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2003) (Finland) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- StudioCanal (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
- Filmjuwelen (2022) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Filmjuwelen (2022) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- RCA (sound system)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Young Canadian nurse Betsy comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager Paul Holland. Jessica seems to be suffering from a kind of mental paralysis as a result of fever. When she falls in love with Paul, Betsy determines to cure Jessica even if she needs to use a voodoo ceremony, to give Paul what she thinks he wants.
Written by Ken Yousten |
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Taglines | 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! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Val Lewton did not like the article "I Walked With A Zombie" by Inez Wallace that had been optioned, so he adapted the story to fit the novel "Jane Eyre" because he felt the article's plot was too clichéd. See more » |
Goofs | When Besty goes to talk with Wes on the porch about an hour into the film, they are both lit by light coming through the louvered door to the left. But, in the next closer shot, that striped lighting pattern disappears. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in I Walked with a Zombie (1969). See more » |
Soundtracks | O Marie Congo See more » |
Crazy Credits | At the beginning, in small letters at the bottom of the screen is this disclaimer: The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictional. Any similarity to any persons, living, dead, OR POSSESSED, is entirely coincidental. See more » |
Quotes |
[first lines]
Betsy Connell: [voice over, giggling after the first line] I walked with a zombie. It does seem an odd thing to say. Had anyone said that to me a year ago, I'm not at all sure I would have known what a zombie was. Oh, I might have had some notion that they were strange and frightening... even a little funny. It all began in such an ordinary way... See more » |