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I Bury the Living

I Bury the Living

Out of a Time-Rotted Tomb Crawls an Unspeakable Horror!

19586.11h 17m

Overview

The new manager of a small-town cemetery becomes convinced that he triggered the untimely deaths of several plot owners by tampering with a certain map. When nobody believes him, he risks his sanity to play God once again and prove his point.

Directed by Albert Band
Written by Louis Garfinkle
Produced by Louis Garfinkle, Albert Band
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Top Cast

Richard Boone

Richard Boone

Robert Kraft

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

Andy McKee

Herbert Anderson

Herbert Anderson

Jess Jessup

Robert Osterloh

Robert Osterloh

Lt. Clayborne

Howard Smith

Howard Smith

George Kraft

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Peggy Maurer

Ann Craig

Russ Bender

Russ Bender

Henry Trowbridge

Glen Vernon

Glen Vernon

Stuart Drexel

Lynette Bernay

Lynette Bernay

Elizabeth Parrish Drexel

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Ken Drake

Bill Honegger

Themes & Keywords

cemeterypsychological thrillergraveyardmysterious death

About I Bury the Living

I Bury the Living is a mystery, horror film released in 1958 exploring themes of cemetery, psychological thriller, graveyard, mysterious death. Directed by Albert Band, it stars Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Herbert Anderson. The new manager of a small-town cemetery becomes convinced that he triggered the untimely deaths of several plot owners by tampering with a certain map. When nobody believes him, he risks his sanity to play God once again and prove his point.

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