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The Walking Dead

  • 1936
  • 1h 6m
  • Crime, Horror, Science Fiction
  • 6.3

HE DIED a man with a hunger to love... and returned a monster with an instinct to kill.

Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.

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Storyline

Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.

Cast

Boris KarloffJohn Ellman
Ricardo CortezNolan
Edmund GwennDr. Evan Beaumont
Marguerite ChurchillNancy
Warren HullJimmy
Barton MacLaneLoder
Henry O'NeillDistrict Attorney Werner
Joe KingJudge Roger Shaw
Addison RichardsPrison Warden
Paul HarveyBlackstone
Robert StrangeMerritt
Joe Sawyer'Trigger' Smith
Eddie Acuff'Betcha'
Kenneth HarlanStephen Martin
Miki MoritaLoder's Butler Sako
Ruth RobinsonMrs. Shaw

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