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1943 • 1h 9min • Approved • Horror, Mystery, Drama

I Walked with a Zombie

"She's alive…yet dead! She's dead…yet alive!"

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

IMDb 7.0

RT 85%

Director

Jacques Tourneur

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Curt Siodmak

Ardel Wray

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James Ellison

Wesley Rand

Frances Dee

Betsy Connell

Tom Conway

Paul Holland

Edith Barrett

Mrs. Rand

James Bell

Dr. Maxwell

Christine Gordon

Jessica Holland

Theresa Harris

Alma

Sir Lancelot

Calypso Singer

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James Ellison Wesley Rand

Frances Dee Betsy Connell

Tom Conway Paul Holland

Edith Barrett Mrs. Rand

James Bell Dr. Maxwell

Christine Gordon Jessica Holland

Theresa Harris Alma

Sir Lancelot Calypso Singer

Darby Jones Carrefour

Jeni Le Gon Dancer

Richard Abrams Clement (uncredited)

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Vivian Dandridge Melisse (uncredited)

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Kathleen Hartsfield Dancer (uncredited)

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