Walking Dead, The (1936)

The Walking Dead is an American horror film of the supernatural thriller genre, which also deals with themes of reanimation. The movie was directed by Michael Curtiz with a screenplay written by Ewart Adamson, Peter Milne, Robert Andrews and Lillie Hayward based on a story treatment by Adamson and Joseph Fields. The movie was produced by Warner Bros. and premiered in the United States on March 14th, 1936. The movie stars Boris Karloff as John Ellman - a hapless pianist who is framed for murder and executed. But this is only the beginning of Ellman's story. The movie also stars Ricardo Cortez as Nolan, Edmund Gwenn as Doctor Beaumont, Marguerite Churchill as Nancy, and Warren Hull as Jimmy.