Voodoo Island
| Voodoo Island | |
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| Directed by | Reginald Le Borg |
| Produced by | Howard W. Koch |
| Written by | Richard H. Landau |
| Starring |
Boris Karloff Beverly Tyler Murvyn Vye Elisha Cook Jr. |
| Music by | Les Baxter |
| Cinematography | William Margulies |
| Edited by | John F. Schreyer |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150,000[1] |
Voodoo Island is a 1957 horror film directed by Reginald Le Borg and written by Richard H. Landau. The cast includes Boris Karloff, Elisha Cook Jr. and Rhodes Reason. The film is set in the South Pacific and was filmed on Kauai, Hawaii back to back with Jungle Heat.[1]
Cast
- Boris Karloff - Phillip Knight
- Beverly Tyler - Sarah Adams
- Murvyn Vye - Barney Finch
- Elisha Cook Jr. - Martin Schuyler (as Elisha Cook)
- Rhodes Reason - Matthew Gunn
- Jean Engstrom - Claire Winter
- Friedrich von Ledebur - Native Chief (as Frederich Ledebur)
- Glenn Dixon - Mitchell
- Owen Cunningham - Howard Carlton
- Herbert Patterson - Dr. Wilding
- Jerry Frank - Vickers
- Adam West - Weather Station #4 Radio Operator (uncredited)
Production notes
This was Adam West's first appearance in a film.[2] Howard W. Koch and Aubrey Schenck's Bel-Air Productions signed Boris Karloff for a three-picture deal with Voodoo Island being the first one.[3]
Release
After being released theatrically by United Artists in 1957, the film was briefly re-titled Silent Death for its 1962 theatrical re-release.[4]
On September 20, 2005, MGM (which owns United Artists) released Voodoo Island and The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake together in a double bill, marking the date as the first time the film was ever released on any form of home-viewing media.[5]
External links
- 1 2 Stephen Jacobs, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomohawk Press 2011 p 391-392
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001842/#Actor
- ↑ p.215 Weaver, Tom Howard W. Koch Interview in Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup McFarland, 1 Jan 2006
- ↑ Voodoo Island (1957)
- ↑ Amazon: Voodoo Island/The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
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