I Walked with a Zombie
(1943) United States of America
B&W : 69 minutes
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Cast: James Ellison [Wesley Rand], Frances Dee [Betsy Connell], Tom Conway [Paul Holland], Edith Barrett [Mrs. Rand], James Bell [Doctor Maxwell], Christine Gordon [Jessica Holland], Teresa Harris (Theresa Harris) [Alma], Sir Lancelot [the calypso singer], Darby Jones [Carrefour], Richard Abrams [Clement], Vivian Dandridge [Melise], Doris Ake [Melise’s black friend], Rita Christiani [Melise’s friend], Alan Edmiston [the job interviewer], Norman Mayes [Bayard], Jieno Moxzer [a sabreur], Clinton Rosemond [the coachman], Arthur Walker [Ti-Joseph], Martin Wilkins [Houngan], Kathleen Hartsfield [a dancer], Jeni Le Gon [a dancer], Melvin Williams [a baby]
RKO Radio Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, Incorporated. / Produced by Val Lewton. Screenplay by Curt Siodmak and Ardel Wray, from a screen story by Inez Wallace. Production supervision by Lou L. Ostrow. Art direction by Albert S. D’Agostino and Walter E. Keller. Set decoration by Al Fields (A. Roland Fields) and Darrell Silvera. Makeup artist, Maurice Seiderman. Assistant director, William Dorfman. Cinematography by J. Roy Hunt. Sound recordist, John C. Grubb. Sound rerecording by Terry Kellum and James G. Stewart. Film editor, Mark Robson. Music score by Roy Webb. Musical director, C. Bakaleinikoff. / Premiered 8 April 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio. Premiered 21 April 1943. General release, 30 April 1943. / Academy 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. RCA sound film system (monaural).