Dick Purcell
James "Mac" McCarthy
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Synopsis
A storm forces an aircraft down near a Caribbean island, where the survivors accept shelter in an imposing house. One visitor quickly becomes convinced that its servants are zombies. While his companions hesitate to believe him, the household's strange behaviour reveals a scheme involving hypnosis, espionage and a missing military officer.
Cast
DirectorsJean Yarbrough
Behind the scenes
The villain's role was initially considered for Bela Lugosi and then Peter Lorre before Henry Victor was cast. Mantan Moreland supplies much of the comedy, within a servant role shaped by the racial conventions of the period. The production combines a stranded-traveller mystery with wartime spy fiction.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Dick Purcell — Film screenshot (Monogram Pictures Corporation) · Public domain
- Joan Woodbury — unknown (Columbia Pictures) · Public domain
- Mantan Moreland — Film screenshot (Monogram Pictures) · Public domain
- Henry Victor — Film screenshot (Monogram Pictures Corporation) · Public domain
