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1940 film by Ernest B. Schoedsack

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6.2

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.

Released: 1940-04-1276 minDir: Ernest B. SchoedsackAdventure, Horror, Science Fiction

Cast

  • Albert Dekker as Dr. Alexander Thorkel
  • Thomas Coley as Bill Stockton
  • Janice Logan as Dr. Mary Robinson
  • Charles Halton as Dr. Rupert Bulfinch
  • Victor Kilian as Steve Baker
  • Frank Yaconelli as Pedro

Themes

  • loss of eyesight
  • experiment
  • peru
  • expedition
  • amazon rainforest
  • shrinking
  • radium
  • mad scientist
  • murder
  • laboratory

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Ratings

IMDb

6.4/10

3,034 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

79%

Year
1940
Runtime
77 min
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Horror
Rated
Approved
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Main subject
mad scientist
Cast member
Janice Logan
Production company
Paramount Pictures
Cinematographer
Winton Hoch
Narrative location
Peru
Duration
78
FilmAffinity ID
285314
Distribution format
video on demand
Image
Albert Dekker in Dr. Cyclops trailer.jpg
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Commons category
Dr. Cyclops
publication date
1940-04-12
title
Dr. Cyclops
distributed by
Netflix
review score
79%
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