I Walked with a Zombie
She's alive…yet dead! She's dead…yet alive!
1943 | 69m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Jacques Tourneur |
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| Writer: | Ardel Wray, Curt Siodmak |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 21, 1943 |
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| Director: | Jacques Tourneur |
| Writer: | Ardel Wray, Curt Siodmak |
| Genres: | Drama, Horror, Mystery |
| Keywords | island, superstition, half-brother, zombie, val lewton, nurse, plantation, sibling rivalry, tower, science vs religion, brain dead, jealousy, voodoo, psychological abuse, doctor, tropical island, voodoo doll, plantation owner, love triangle, calypso, sorrow, alcoholic, voodoo ritual, gothic romance, cane field, guilty conscience, descendants of african slaves |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Doris Ake | Friend of Melise (uncredited) |
| Rita Christiani | Friend of Melise (uncredited) |
| Vivian Dandridge | Melisse (uncredited) |
| Alan Edmiston | Job Interviewer (uncredited) |
| Kathleen Hartsfield | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Norman Mayes | Bayard (uncredited) |
| Jieno Moxzer | Sabreur (uncredited) |
| Clinton Rosemond | Coachman (uncredited) |
| Arthur Walker | Ti-Joseph (uncredited) |
| Martin Wilkins | Houngan (uncredited) |
| Melvin Williams | Baby (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ardel Wray | Screenplay |
| Sir Lancelot | Songs |
| Jacques Tourneur | Director |
| Mark Robson | Editor |
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| C. Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
| Roy Webb | Music |
| Curt Siodmak | Screenplay |
| J. Roy Hunt | Director of Photography |
| Walter E. Keller | Art Direction |
| Maurice Seiderman | Makeup Artist |
| John C. Grubb | Sound Recordist |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| James G. Stewart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| A. Roland Fields | Set Decoration |
| William Dorfman | Assistant Director |
| Terry Kellum | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Inez Wallace | Original Film Writer |
| Charlotte Brontë | Original Film Writer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Val Lewton | Producer |
| Lou L. Ostrow | Supervising Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2024 | 11 | 925 | 931 |
Frances Dee portrays "Betsy Connell" a nurse hired to travel to a Caribbean island to care for the catatonic wife of a local plantation owner. Once there, she does her best for the poor woman as she slowly falls in love with the husband "Paul Holland" (Tom Conway). She decides she must do what she c ... an to help her charge recover and that involves dealing with the local community and using their voodoo. The film is actually quite thought provoking; it touches on the conversation about continuing to live regardless of the quality of life and it questions the role of traditional (and often religiously ethical medical treatments) against what could be described as more pagan ones. It's eerily shot which means at times quite it can be hard to see what's going on, but is still an interesting horror film with virtually no screaming!