Dead Men Walk

(1943)

64 minutes

Horror / Science Fiction

Directed by Sam Newfield

Cast:

George Zucco as Dr. Lloyd Clayton and Dr. Elwyn Clayton
Mary Carlisle as Gayle Clayton
Nedrick Young as Dr. David Bentley
Dwight Frye as Zolarr
Fern Emmett as Kate
Robert Strange as Wilkins
Hal Price as Sheriff Losen
Sam Flint as Minister
Forrest Taylor as the Evil One
Al 'Fuzzy' St. John as Townsman who finds Kate's Body

The marvelously theatrical George Zucco plays a dual role as the dysfunctional Clayton twins who also happen to be doctors.  Predictably, one twin is good and the other evil.  Dr. Lloyd Clayton is forced to kill his brother Elwyn in self-defense.  Elwyn, who happens to be well-versed in the dark arts, returns from the grave to exact his revenge.  Lloyd viciously slays Elwyn’s colleagues, leaving a mounting trail of evidence that points to the surviving sibling.  Lloyd is aided in his evil acts by a hunchbacked assistant played by Dwight Frye.