just watch this and the second of boris karloff collaboration with producer val lewton and on youtube . karloff play general nikolas pherides who be visit and with american reporter oliver davis ( marc cramer ) and a greek isle in which his wife be bury . turn out the graf be open with many body burn due to the war situation . also there be a plague that cause a quarantine of the house the general and davis be stay in which also house a man name albrecht ( jason robards and sr. ) and an army physician name dr. drossos ( ernst deutsch ) and a married couple ( alan napier and katherine emery ) and a superstitious woman name madame kyra ( helene thimig ) and and a beautiful young woman name thea ( ellen drew ) who take care of the invalid name mary st. aubyn play by ms. emery . i will stop there and just say what a compellingly atmospheric drama this be especially near the end . karloff himself play a much more sympathetic role whose decent into partial madness be understandable here . everyone else here also provide their own moment . director mark robson and like other lewton filmmaker jacques tourneur and robert wise and provide just the right touch of suspense to keep one rivet . so on that note and i highly recommend isle of the dead .