King of the Zombies (1941)
1h 7m | PG-13
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.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Studio: Monogram Pictures
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Video: 720p
Cast
Dick Purcell
as James 'Mac' McCarthy
Joan Woodbury
as Barbara Winslow
Mantan Moreland
as Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson
Henry Victor
as Dr. Miklos Sangre
John Archer
as Bill Summers
Patricia Stacey
as Alyce Sangre
Reviews
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.