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Dr. Cyclops

Dr. Cyclops

19406.21h 16m

Overview

Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his unorthodox experimentation.

Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack
Written by Tom Kilpatrick, Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Produced by Dale Van Every, Merian C. Cooper
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Top Cast

Albert Dekker

Albert Dekker

Dr. Alexander Thorkel

Thomas Coley

Thomas Coley

Bill Stockton

Janice Logan

Janice Logan

Dr. Mary Robinson

Charles Halton

Charles Halton

Dr. Rupert Bulfinch

Victor Kilian

Victor Kilian

Steve Baker

Frank Yaconelli

Frank Yaconelli

Pedro

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Dr. Mendoza

Frank Reicher

Frank Reicher

Prof. Kendall

Jane Webb

Jane Webb

Woman (uncredited)

Billy Wilkerson

Billy Wilkerson

Silent Indian (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

loss of eyesightexperimentperuexpeditionamazon rainforestshrinkingradiummad scientistmurderlaboratoryminiaturizationminiature peoplebiologistradium mineresearch laboratoryscientistsbig giganticperuvian jungle

About Dr. Cyclops

Dr. Cyclops is a adventure, horror, science fiction film released in 1940 exploring themes of loss of eyesight, experiment, peru, expedition, amazon rainforest, shrinking. Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, it stars Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan. Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his unorthodox experimentation.

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