Unlike some of the horror product of the time, it actually treats its black characters with a great deal of dignity and respect, and also gives the actors a chance to shine, such as Theresa Harris as Alma the maid. Everything is handled with a great deal of sensitivity and authenticity by screenwriters Curt Siodmak & Ardel Wray, producer Val Lewton, and director Jacques Tourneur. It starts to go for more of a traditional creep factor in its second half, using the imposing Darby Jones as the mysterious, zombified Carrefour to great effect. There may be modern horror fans who bemoan the lack of what one might consider horror in "I Walked with a Zombie". That includes immersing herself in the local voodoo culture. Betsy becomes determined to do the right thing by Paul by trying to cure her, if she can. Jessica is wife to a plantation owner named Paul Holland (Tom Conway), with whom Betsy falls in love. There she will attend to the needs of the mute, unresponsive, yet seemingly alive Jessica Holland (Christine Gordon). Betsy Connell (Frances Dee) is a Canadian nurse hired to come to the Caribbean island of St.
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