Dead Men Walk
| Dead Men Walk | |
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 Film poster for Dead Men Walk | |
| Directed by | Sam Newfield |
| Produced by | Sigmund Neufeld |
| Written by | Fred Myton |
| Starring |
Dwight Frye George Zucco Mary Carlisle Nedrick Young Forrest Taylor |
| Music by | Leo Erdody |
| Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
| Edited by | Holbrook N. Todd |
| Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation |
Release dates |
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Running time | 64 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dead Men Walk is a 64-minute, 1943, United States, black-and-white horror film produced by Sigmund Neufeld for Producers Releasing Corporation (aka PRC). It is an original story and screenplay by Fred Myton, starring George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young and Dwight Frye, directed by Sam Newfield. It was originally distributed by PRC and reissued in the USA in 1948 by Madison Pictures Inc..
Plot Summary
The story involves a kindly small-town physician Doctor Lloyd Clayton (George Zucco), who attends the funeral of his twin brother, the evil magician Elwyn, whom he has secretly murdered because of the latter's deep involvement in the occult sciences. Evil Elwyn's hunchback assistant Zolarr (Dwight Frye) suspects the good doctor of doing away with his master and confronts him on this matter, but the doctor swears that he only acted in self-defense when his brother had become a danger to society. Unfortunately, the evil twin brother had gone too far meddling with the dark arts before his demise, and with the help of his assistant he returns to life as a vampire. The doctor and his beautiful young niece, Gayle Clayton (Mary Carlisle) soon discover that evil forces still are at work even after Elwyn's funeral and are horrified to learn that the resurrected Elwyn is set on a gruesome revenge against his brother and his niece.[1]
Cast
- George Zucco as Dr. Lloyd Clayton / Dr. Elwyn Clayton
- Mary Carlisle as Gayle Clayton
- Nedrick Young as Dr. David Bentley
- Dwight Frye as Zolarr
- Fern Emmett as Kate
- Robert Strange as Wilkins (Harper in credits)
- Hal Price as Sheriff Losen
- Sam Flint as Minister
Production and Critical reception
The film was shot in 6 days. It was the final film of Mary Carlisle.[2] She made the film shortly after getting married.[3]
It was one of the last film appearances of Dwight Frye.[4]
Dead Men Walk holds a low 4.3/10 on the Internet Movie Database and a 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035784/
- ↑ Internet Movie Database Trivia
- ↑ DRAMA: Montgomery Handed Plum Roles at 20th Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 10 Sep 1942: 18.
- ↑ DWIGHT FRYE DIES; CHARACTER ACTOR: Former Stage Performer Here, Seen in Many Film Thrillers Since 1930, Stricken at 44 New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 12 Nov 1943: 22
External links
- Dead Men Walk at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Dead Men Walk at the Internet Movie Database
- Dead Men Walk is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- Dead Men Walk at AllMovie