This DVD is a UK release, (PAL Region 0 DVD) it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need a multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Although best known for his horror and Western films, John Carradine was an actor of such conviction he excelled in any and all roles (he claimed to have appeared in over 450 films during his long career, but only some half of these can be accurately accounted for). Originally planning a career as a painter and sculptor, he became a Shakespearean dramatic actor and was eventually lured into film, making his debut in 1930 under the name Peter Richmond (his real name is Richmond Reed Carradine). By 1935 he had adopted the stage name John Carradine, by which he became universally known.