during world war ii and an american agent and his butler and a plot be search for a missing admiral when their plane crash land on a caribbean island . take in by a german doctor and his strange wife and the trio discover the island inhabit by zombie under the control of dr. sangre . the doctor be attempt to use the zombie to extract information from the miss admiral to help his country war effort . through the effort of the butler and the hero be able to turn the table on dr. sangre and set his zombie against him and accord to the dvd sleeve synopsis . the predominance of black actor mantan moreland ( a jefferson jeff jackson ) in the film make this a great one to watch for the type of racial character depict . pedagogical interest aside and king of the zombie be a dull attempt to frighten and amuse . strangely and edward kay musical score be nominate for an academy award while mr. kay receive five score nomination in the 1940s . henry victor ( a dr. sangre ) be a lugosi like zombie maker . john archer ( a bill summer ) and dick purcell ( a mac mccarthy ) be one too many hero . resident maid marguerite whitten ( a samantha ) and voodoo high priestess madame sul te wan ( a tahama ) easily outdistance the high billed woman . king of the zombie ( 1941 ) jean yarbrough ~ mantan moreland and henry victor and john archer .