USA, 1936
65m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American horror film directed by Victor Halperin.
Plot Summary
During the Second World War, the allies are helped by a Cambodian priest who creates an army of zombies, but is jailed when he refuses to hand over his secrets. He is murdered before he can be interrogated and an expedition is sent to Angkor Wat to find the secret. But tensions rise when expedition member Clifford Grayson falls in love with Claire Duval, enraging Armand Loque who discovers the secret and raises his own army of zombies to abduct Claire.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Victor Halperin
Copyright MXMXXXVI [1936] [company not given]
Favorite Films Corp presents [1947 re-release] A Halperin production. Released by Academy Pictures Distributing Corporation
Produced by: Edward Halperin
Production Manager: John Hicks
Studio Executive: Leon d'Usseau
Director of Photography: Arthur Martinelli
Operative Cameraman: J. Arthur Feindel
Film Editor: Douglas Biggs
Musical Direction: Abe Meyer
Sound Technician: G.P. Costello
Coiffeurs by: Phillip Scheer
Special Effects: Ray Mercer
Art and Technical Direction: Leigh Smith
Cast
Dorothy Stone (Claire Duval)
Dean Jagger (Armand Louque)
Roy D'Arcy (Colonel Mazovia)
Robert Noland (Clifford Grayson)
George Cleveland (General Duval)
E. Alyn (Fred) Warren (Dr Trevissant)
Carl Stockdale (Ignacio MacDonald)
William Crowell (Priest Tsiang)
Teru Shimada (Buna)
Adolph Millard (General von Schelling)
Sana Rayya (dancer)
Links
Includes extracts from
White Zombie (1932)
Extracts included in
Horrible Horror (1986)
References
Books
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.420 – credits
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.402 – credits
