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The Disembodied
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWalter Grauman
Written byJack Townley
Produced byBen Schwalb
StarringPaul Burke
Allison Hayes
John Wengraf
Eugenia Paul
Robert Christopher
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Edited byWilliam Austin
Music byMarlin Skiles

Production
company

Allied Artists Pictures Corporation

Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures Corporation

Release date

  • August 25, 1957 (1957-08-25) (United States)

Running time

66 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Disembodied is an American 1957 horror film directed by Walter Grauman[1] and starring Paul Burke, Allison Hayes, John Wengraf, Eugenia Paul, and Robert Christopher.[2][3][4] It was released by Allied Artists on a double bill with From Hell It Came. The film is Grauman's first directing job.[5]

Plot[edit]

Searching for adventures, a photographer visits a remote tropical village where he meets a local married couple in the person of Dr. Metz and his strange native wife, Tonda, who is fond of Voodoo rituals and turns out to be a dark cult leader.[6][7][8]

Cast[edit]

  • Allison Hayes as Tonda Metz
  • John Wengraf as Dr. Carl Metz
  • Eugenia Paul as Mara, wife of Suba
  • Joel Marston as Norman Adams
  • Robert Christopher as Joe Lawson
  • Dean Fredericks as Suba
  • A.E. Ukonu as Lead Voodoo Drummer
  • Paul Thompson as Gogi
  • Otis Greene as Kabar
  • References[edit]

    1. ^ Shelley, Peter (21 October 2009). Grande Dame Guignol Cinema: A History of Hag Horror from Baby Jane to Mother. McFarland. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7864-5485-3. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  • ^ Monaco, James (1991). The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-399-51604-7. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  • ^ Rubin, Steven (1 November 2017). Twilight Zone Encyclopedia. Chicago Review Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-61373-891-7. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  • ^ Stephens, Michael L. (2 September 2015). Art Directors in Cinema: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-4766-1128-0. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  • ^ "The Disembodied (1957)". Mike's Take On the Movies .......... Rediscovering Cinema's Past. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  • ^ "The Disembodied (1957)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  • ^ "The Disembodied (1957)". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  • ^ Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey (1 January 1999). Captive Bodies: Postcolonial Subjectivity in Cinema. SUNY Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-7914-4155-8. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  • ^ "The Disembodied (1957)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 8, 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  • External links[edit]


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    Categories: 
    1957 films
    1957 horror films
    American horror films
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    Films about cults
    Films scored by Marlin Skiles
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