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Dr. Cyclops
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6.2Four 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
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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
- Duration
- 78
- FilmAffinity ID
- 285314
- Image
- Albert Dekker in Dr. Cyclops trailer.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dr. Cyclops
- publication date
- 1940-04-12
- title
- Dr. Cyclops
- review score
- 79%
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1940 American films1940 English-language films1940 films1940 horror films1940 science fiction films1940s color films1940s science fiction horror filmsAmerican mad scientist filmsAmerican science fiction horror filmsEnglish-language science fiction horror filmsFilms about size changeFilms directed by Ernest B. SchoedsackFilms scored by Ernst TochFilms scored by Gerard CarbonaraFilms set in junglesFilms set in PeruParamount Pictures filmsRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterSaturn Award–winning filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date