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| Credits | |
| Title: | The Walking Dead |
| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
| Writers: | Lillie Hayward; Ewart Adamson; Peter Milne; Robert Hardy Andrews |
| Producers: | Louis F. Edelman |
| Composer: | Bernhard Kaun |
| Cinematography: | Hal Mohr |
| Editors: | Thomas Pratt |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Warner Bros. |
| Released: | March 14th, 1936 |
| Rating: | Approved |
| Running time: | 66 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $217,000 |
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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.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Boris Karloff | John Ellman |
| Ricardo Cortez | Nolan |
| Edmund Gwenn | Doctor Beaumont |
| Marguerite Churchill | Nancy |
| Warren Hull | Jimmy |
| Barton MacLane | Loder |
| Henry O'Neill | Werner |
| Joe King | Judge Shaw |
| Addison Richards | Prison warden |
| Paul Harvey | Blackstone |
| Robert Strange | Merritt |
| Joe Sawyer | Trigger |
| Eddie Acuff | Betcha |
| Kenneth Harlan | Stephen Martin |
| Miki Morita | Sako |
| Ruth Robinson | Mrs. Shaw |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Copyright holder: © MCMXXVI, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
- Production on The Walking Dead began on December 23rd, 1935.
- This movie was filed with the copyright registry on February 29th, 1936 (LP6176).
- Actor Joe King is credited as Joseph King in this film.
- Actor Joe Sawyer is credited as Joseph Sawyer in this film.
Recommendations[]
External Links[]
- The Walking Dead at AMG
- The Walking Dead at TCM
- The Walking Dead at IMDB
- The Walking Dead at Wikipedia
- The Walking Dead at DVD Verdict
- The Walking Dead at The Terror Trap
- The Walking Dead at Horrormovies.org
- The Walking Dead at Rotten Tomatoes
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Keywords[]
1930s | Cemetery | Doctor | Electrocution | Executions | Funeral | Gunshot victim | Mad scientist | Prison | Reanimates | Resurrection | Scientific experimentation