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Boris Karloff and Marguerite Churchill in The Walking Dead (1936)

After hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution.

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After hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution.After hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution.After hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution.

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6.6/10

3.3K

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Trivia
The "glass heart" machine used to revive John Ellman in the film was said to be "nearly a prefect replica" of an actual perfusion pump - a device designed to keep organs alive outside an organism's body - which had been built by Charles Lindbergh when the legendary pilot and engineer was working with a Nobel-winning scientist at New York's Rockefeller Institute research labs in the mid-1930s.

Goofs
Boris Karloff's character's name in the film is spelled John Ellman in close-ups of teletype and newspaper material in it, but it is misspelled John Elman in its credits.

Quotes
Jimmy: Imagine... Dr. Beaumont keeping this heart pumping for over 20 years!
Nancy: Wish he could do something about making your heart pump!

Connections
Featured in Ensign Pulver (1964)

Soundtracks
Kamennoi Ostrow
(uncredited)
Music by Anton Rubinstein

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7/10

But you can't kill me for something I didn't do! You can't!

It's a dead man walking in this film with Boris Karloff brought back to life by a doctor (Edmund Gwenn - Miracle on 34th Street).

There was no surprises as I would have expected, as the reanimation was posted all over the newspapers the next day.

It's not just a horror film, but a gangster film, as Ellman (Karloff) was executed for a crime he didn't commit.

It was really funny when he went after those involved in the conspiracy to frame him. A little supernatural work on a lot of guilty consciences.

It was a fascinating film, and Gwenn was superb. Karloff was also very good.