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King of the Zombies (1941)

5.1 | May 14, 1941 (US) | Horror, Comedy | 01:07

HUMAN SACRIFICES! SAVAGE TORTURE! VOODOO RITES!

During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily-frightened manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts.

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Dick Purcell
James 'Mac' McCarthy
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Joan Woodbury
Barbara Winslow
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Mantan Moreland
Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson
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Henry Victor
Dr. Miklos Sangre
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John Archer
Bill Summers
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Patricia Stacey
Alyce Sangre
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Guy Usher
Admiral Wainwright

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CinemaSerf
5 | Jun 25, 2022
Now here's an useful fact next time you're playing a game of Trivial Pursuits. Did you know that if a zombie eats salt, then it dies again? Something I learned in this tale of a scientist who lures planes to his remote island where he uses voodoo and zombies to gather intelligence for his government during WWII. A who's who of the cast led by Dick Purcell and Joan Woodbury would be really quite superfluous to this rather daft story; except, that is, for Mantan Moreland - their servant "Jeff", who has all the best lines and plenty of charm as they plod along towards the film's obvious, extremely low budget, conclusion.