king of the zombie be a prime example of hollywood blatant racial stereo typing of black actor and actress in the 30 and 40 . the story be a typical b movie plot . a secret service man or something like that ( john archer ) and his valet ( mantan moreland ) and a pilot ( dick purcell ) be search for admiral wainwright ( guy usler ) who have disappear over an isolated island in the caribbean . their plane lose radio contact and be force to crash land on and you guess it and that very same island . they then find a creepy mansion inhabit by dr. sangre ( henry victor ) and several zombie like creature . turn out the evil doctor be a nazi spy try to learn military secret from the admiral . joan woodbury be the heroine of the piece . and be not quite sure where the zombie ( all black of course ) come from . be they hypnotize or the result of some voodoo magic . who really care . the racial overtone be very obvious in this picture . when sleep quarter be be assign and moreland be tell that he can not stay in the upstairs bedroom but have to sleep in the servant quarter off of the kitchen . the dialogue between moreland ( who steal the picture by the way ) and the fetching marguerite whitten a the maid and samantha be pure hollywood . there plenty of wide eyed foot do yo stuff reaction as well a and the usual yassir massa type of speech . it be appal to see such fine talented people degrade like this . moreland and to his credit and make the best of a bad situation and forge a lengthy career out of play the banjo eye scar out of his wit friend of many b movie hero . it be also curious why victor be cast a the chief villain in a bela lugosi type role when lugosi himself be probably available at the time . both he and boris karloff be make b movie quicky for monogram at the time .