I Walked with a Zombie
Directed by	Jacques Tourneur
Written by	Inez Wallace (story) Curt Siodmak and Ardel Wray
Starring	James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway
Produced by	Val Lewton
Music by	Roy Webb
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Release date	March 17, 1943 (U.S. release)
Runtime	69 min.
Language	English
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This was the second horror film from producer Val Lewton for RKO Pictures (The first was the very successful Cat People). The film was edited by future film director Mark Robson, who would later direct his first film for producer Lewton. Vladimir Ivan Leventon was born on May 7, 1904 in Yalta, Russia, nephew of the actress Alla Nazimova. ... Jump to: navigation, search The classic logo of RKO Radio Pictures. ... This article is about the 1942 film; Cat People is also the name of a 1982 film. ... Mark Robson (December 4, 1913 – June 20, 1978) was a Canadian-born film editor, film director and producer in Hollywood. ...

As was typical of many of Lewton's horror films, he was given the film's title and, with the aid of credited writers, he created the story around the title.

I Walked was not a traditional zombie film, and was a box office success. It has since been acclaimed for its haunting atmosphere and nuanced performances.

Plot Overview

The plot is loosely suggestive of Jane Eyre. Cover of Jane Eyre from Penguin Books One of the most famous novels of all time, Jane Eyre, An Autobiography was written by Charlotte Brontë and published in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Company, London. ...

A recently nurse graduate in Canada is hired to take care of a "mental case" living in a remote location on a island in the West Indies. The sick woman lives with her husband (Conway) and half-brother Wesley. Wesley secretly loved the woman. The husband thinks his wife has gone mad while the locals think she has been turned into a zombie. With the help of a local doctor, the nurse attempts to revive the woman from her trance like state. Nothing seems to work. Later, after hearing about a cure by a local witch doctor, the nurse takes the woman from the compound and walks her to the witch doctor. The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...

The films most memorable scene may be when the nurse guides the sick woman through the high sugar cane fields at night trying to find the voodoo practitioners. The only sound in the scene is the wind blowing and the distant drums.

External links

• Plot synopsis at Turner Classic Movies
• I Walked with a Zombie at the Internet Movie Database