Bela Lugosi credited as playing...
'Murder' Legendre
- Legendre: I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, monsieur. I've been away on a journey, seeking more men for my mill.
- Charles Beaumont: Men?
- Legendre: They work faithfully; they are not worried about long hours. You... you could make good use of men like mine on your plantation?
- Neil Parker: Who are you?
- [looks around at the zombies]
- Neil Parker: And what are they?
- Legendre: For you, my friend, they are the angels of death.
- Charles Beaumont: You must bring her back!
- Legendre: Aren't you a trifle afraid, monsieur? How do you suppose those eyes will regard you when the brain is able to understand?
- Charles Beaumont: Better to see hatred in them than that dreadful emptiness.
- Charles Beaumont: Zombies!
- Legendre: Yes, they are my servants. Did you think we could do it alone? In their lifetime, they were my enemies.
- Charles Beaumont: Forgive me Madeline, forgive me. I can't bear it any longer! I must take you back!
- Legendre: Back to the grave, Monsieur?
- Charles Beaumont: No. You must put the life back into her eyes and bring laughter to her lips. She must be gay and happy again.
- Legendre: You paint a charming picture, Monsieur. One that I should like to see myself!
- Charles Beaumont: [Approaching the crypt where Madeleine's body has been laid to rest] Look!... Zombies!
- Legendre: Yes. They are my servants. Did you think we could do it alone? In their lifetime they were my enemies.
- Legendre: [indicating each zombie in turn] Ledot, the witch doctor. Once my master. Secrets I tortured out of him... Von Gelder, the swine. Swollen with riches. He fought against my spells unto the last. In him I have a struggling type... His Excellence, Richard. Once Minister of the Interior... Garcia, Brigand Chief... Marquis, Captain of Gendarmerie... . And this, this is Chauvin, the Hgh Executioner - who almost executed *me*!
- Legendre: [continues, referring to Madeleine] I took them, just as we will take... *this* one.
- Charles Beaumont: But what if they regain their souls?
- Legendre: They would tear me to pieces. But that, my friend, shall never be.
- [chuckles]