I Bury the Living
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| I Bury the Living | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Albert Band |
| Produced by | Louis Garfinkle Albert Band |
| Written by | Louis Garfinkle |
| Starring | Richard Boone Theodore Bikel |
| Music by | Gerald Fried |
| Cinematography | Frederick Gately |
| Editing by | Frank Sullivan |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) |  July 1958 |
| Running time | 76 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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I Bury the Living was a 1958 horror film directed by famed b-movie director Albert Band, father of Charles Band, and starring Richard Boone and Theodore Bikel.
[edit] Plot summary
Robert Kraft (Richard Boone without his Paladin moustache) is the newly appointed chairman of a committee that oversees a colossal cemetery. The cemetery is so large that a map is kept in the cemetery office displaying the grounds and each gravesite. Filled graves are marked by black pins and unoccupied but sold graves are marked with white pins. New to the position and unobservant, Kraft accidentally places a pair of black pins where they don't belong, only to discover later that the young couple who had bought the gravesites in question died in an automobile accident soon afterwards. Under repeated tries, he finds that every time he places a black pin over an unoccupied grave, someone dies. Kraft slips into deep guilt and depression and believes he is cursed, while the cemetery caretaker (Theodore Bikel in a heavy Scots accent) knows more than he's telling.
