The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
120 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark RobsonDirector
- Ardel WrayScreenplay
- Leigh HarlineOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Boris KarloffGen. Nikolas Pherides
- Ellen DrewThea
- Marc CramerOliver Davis
- Katherine EmeryMary St. Aubyn
- Helene ThimigMadame Kyra
- Alan NapierSt. Aubyn
- Jason Robards Sr.Albrecht
- Ernst DeutschDr. Drossos
- Skelton KnaggsAndrew Robbins (uncredited)
- Sherry HallCol. Kobestes (uncredited)
- Erick HansonOfficer (uncredited)
- Rose HobartMary St. Aubyn (in long shot; uncredited)
Stills
Themes
islandquarantinesuperstitionval lewtonplague