Ken Drake

I Bury the Living -- A bone-chilling story of cemetary manager Robert Craft (Boone), a disturbed man who comes to believe that he is actually God. Robert discovers that when he sticks a black pin into a wall-sized map of the cemetary, he can cause the owner of that plot to die. After several such untimely deaths, Robert believes he has the power of life and death. But will Robert still believe this once he discovers the true secret behind these deaths?

I Bury the Living -- (1957) Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel. This is a great movie. A cemetery map has white pins inserted on vacant plots, and black pins inserted on occupied graves...

It says a lot about George Hamilton's acting skills that his first credited performance was this starring - and very demanding - role. He shines as Robert Cole, a troubled young man with a troubling belief: Exceptional people shouldn't have to pay for their crimes. After blacking out near the scene of a murder, Cole captures the attention of the police and proceeds to play a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a tenacious cop, a beautiful stranger and a family foe. 1950s Southern California is as far from 19th-century Moscow as you can get... or is it? By radically changing the setting of Dostoevski's Crime and Punishment, this moody thriller makes the dusty classic new, fresh and dangerous once again. Literary fans will be impressed, and film fans will delight in being reunited with this unique, sun-drenched, jazz-tinged noir opus.

As the new head of a sprawling cemetery, Robert (Richard Boone) 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. With an intriguing storyline full of psychological suspense, this underappreciated horror film establishes a consistently eerie atmosphere throughout.

A bone-chilling story of cemetary manager Robert Craft (Boone), a disturbed man who comes to believe that he is actually God. Robert discovers that when he sticks a black pin into a wall-sized map of the cemetary, he can cause the owner of that plot to die. After several such untimely deaths, Robert believes he has the power of life and death. But will Robert still believe this once he discovers the true secret behind these deaths?

A bone-chilling story of cemetary manager Robert Craft (Boone), a disturbed man who comes to believe that he is actually God. Robert discovers that when he sticks a black pin into a wall-sized map of the cemetary, he can cause the owner of that plot to die. After several such untimely deaths, Robert believes he has the power of life and death. But will Robert still believe this once he discovers the true secret behind these deaths?

(1957) Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel. This is a great movie. A cemetery map has white pins inserted on vacant plots, and black pins inserted on occupied graves...

(1957) Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel. This is a great movie. A cemetery map has white pins inserted on vacant plots, and black pins inserted on occupied graves...

A newly appointed cemetery chairman discovers that, merely by inserting a black pin into a wall-sized map of the cemetery, he can cause the deaths of that plot's owner.

Harry and Eve Graham are trying to adopt a baby. The head of the agency senses Harry is keeping a secret and does some investigating.

Harry and Eve Graham are trying to adopt a baby. The head of the agency senses Harry is keeping a secret and does some investigating.

It seems that Harry leads a double life with a second wife and family -- he is the Bigamist.