The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

Nov 28, 1974

1h 35m

★ 6.4

They tampered with nature—now they must pay the price …

Overview

When a series of murders hit the remote English countryside, a detective suspects a pair of travelers when it is actually the work of the undead, jarred back to life by an experimental ultra-sonic radiation machine used by the Ministry of Agriculture to kill insects.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Flaminia Produzioni Cinematografiche

Star Films S.A.

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Cast

Edna

Cristina Galbó

George

Ray Lovelock

The Inspector

Arthur Kennedy

Kinsey

Aldo Massasso

Craig

Giorgio Trestini

Benson

Roberto Posse

Martin

José Lifante

Katie

Jeannine Mestre

Keith

Gengher Gatti

Guthrie

Fernando Hilbeck

Mary

Vera Drudi

Dr. Duffield

Vicente Vega

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