Isle of the Dead

Sep 1, 1945

1h 11m

★ 6.0

A grave's dank darkness smothers the screams of a girl still alive!

Overview

On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people—a superstitious old peasant—suspects a young woman of being a vampiric demon.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Gen. Nikolas Pherides

Boris Karloff

Thea

Ellen Drew

Oliver Davis

Marc Cramer

Mary St. Aubyn

Katherine Emery

Madame Kyra

Helene Thimig

St. Aubyn

Alan Napier

Albrecht

Jason Robards Sr.

Dr. Drossos

Ernst Deutsch

Andrew Robbins (uncredited)

Skelton Knaggs

Col. Kobestes (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

Officer (uncredited)

Erick Hanson

Mary St. Aubyn (in long shot; uncredited)

Rose Hobart

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