Dead Men Walk
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Directed by | Sam Newfield |
Produced by | Sigmund Neufeld |
Written by | Fred Myton |
Starring | George Zucco Mary Carlisle Nedrick Young |
Music by | Leo Erdody |
Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
Editing by | Holbrook N. Todd |
Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation |
Release date(s) | 10 February 1943 |
Running time | 64 min |
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Language | English |
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Dead Men Walk is a 64 minute, 1943, United States, black-and-white horror film produced by Sigmund Neufeld for Producers Releasing Corporation (aka PRC). It is an original story and screenplay by Fred Myton, starring George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young and Dwight Frye, directed by Sam Newfield. It was originally distributed by PRC and reissued in the USA in 1948 by Madison Pictures Inc..
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The story involves a kindly small-town physician (Zucco) who has secretly murdered his twin brother because of his deep involvement in the occult sciences. Unfortunately, the twin has gone too far into the dark arts, and is easily restored to life by his familiar (Frye); and he sets out in revenge against his brother and his niece (Carlisle).