Zombies on Broadway
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Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
Screenplay by |
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Based on | short story by Robert Faber Charles Newman |
Produced by | Benjamin Stoloff |
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Cinematography | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Zombies on Broadway (or Loonies on Broadway in the UK) is a 1945 American zombie comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. It stars RKO's imitation Abbott and Costello, Alan Carney and Wally Brown, as a pair of men who are tasked with finding a real zombie for a zombie-themed nightclub. Sheldon Leonard, as a former mobster turned nightclub owner, and Bela Lugosi, as the mad scientist who created the zombies, also appear.
Plot
Jerry Miles and Mike Strager are employed as Broadway
The boys are threatened with death unless they produce a real zombie. They discover a lead from a museum curator that a mysterious Professor Renault lives on the Caribbean island of San Sebastian and has been creating zombies. Followed by Ace's henchmen, the boys are immediately placed on a
Cast
- Wally Brown as Jerry Miles
- Alan Carney as Mike Strager
- Bela Lugosi as Professor Paul Renault
- Anne Jeffreys as Jean La Danse
- Sheldon Leonard as Ace Miller
- Frank Jenks as Gus
- Russell Hopton as Benny
- Joseph Vitale as Joseph
- Ian Wolfe as Prof. Hopkins
- Louis Jean Heydt as Douglas Walker
- Darby Jones as Kalaga - the Zombie
- Robert Clarke as Wimpy
- Rosemary La Plancheas Entertainer in Sarong
- Sir Lancelot as Calypso Singer
- Jason Robards Sr. as Headwaiter
- Nick Stewart as Worthington
- Bill Williams as Smuggler sailor
- Emory Parnell as Ship's Captain
Production notes
Filming lasted from mid-September until early October 1944.[2]
One of the
Zombies on Broadway turned in a profit for RKO, which encouraged the studio to re-unite Brown, Carney, Anne Jeffreys and Bela Lugosi for the film Genius at Work in 1946.[3]
Release
The film's premiere took place in New York during the week of April 26, 1945.[2]
Reception
Zombiemania: 80 Movies to Die For author Arnold T. Blumberg wrote that "the only real entertainment value to be had in Zombies on Broadway, apart from spotting connections to
References
- ^ "Zombies on Broadway: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
- ^ a b c "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ISBN 9780813143767.
- ISBN 9781845830038.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.