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05.04.09
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After a former student discovers a rich deposit of radium in a South American rain forest, the brilliant but arrogant Dr. Alexander Thorkel sets up a laboratory there and begins experimenting on miniaturization of animals. When the pupil questions the scientists ethics, he callously murders him. Faced with failing eyesight, the mad doctor enlists three other scientists to help identify the roadblock that has delayed completion of his project. After a long and arduous journey by pack mule through the Andes, they arrive at the laboratory and quickly identify Thorkel's problem. Steve Baker, a miner and fourth member of their party, realizes the value of the radium and is reluctant to leave as are the scientists, who feel slighted by Thorkel's dismissive attitude and their concern about his now growing megalomania and paranoia. Feeling threatened by their curiosity concerning the true nature of his work, he miniaturizes them along with a native servant as they become his de facto guinea pigs. Although their situation appears grave, their one hope lies in Thorkel's Achilles heel, his failing eyesight.
Movie Tagline:
Diabolical Dr. Cyclops
Also Known As:
Doctor Cyclops
Title: Dr. Cyclops
Release Date: April 10, 1940
Runtime: 77 mins
Genre: Adventure
All Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Horror
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Color
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 6.3
Brimstone Pit Rating: 7.3 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With D
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Director(s):
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast:
Albert Dekker ...Dr. Alexander Thorkel
Thomas Coley ...Bill Stockton
Janice Logan ...Dr. Mary Robinson
Charles Halton ...Dr. Rupert Bulfinch
Victor Kilian ...Steve Baker
Frank yaconelli ...Pedro
Paul Fix ...Dr. Mendoza
Frank Reicher ...Professor Kendall
Jane Webb ...Woman (unconfirmed)
Billy Wilkerson ...Silent Indian
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
Dale Van Every
Merian C. Cooper
William LeBaron
Writer(s):
Tom Kilpatrick
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Composer(s):
Gerard Carbonara
Albert Hay Malotte
Ernst Toch
Trailer(s):
Dr. Cyclops Horror Film Trailer 1
More Movie Taglines:
- Diabolical Dr. Cyclops
- Diabolical
- The mightiest thrill picture ever made!
- The picture that was made behind locked doors!
- The thrill of the year!
Movie Quote(s):
- Dr. Alexander Thorkel: Now you can call me "cyclops", because I have one good eye.
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Dr. Alexander Thorkel: Are we then country doctors? You do not realize what we have here. In our very hands, we have the cosmic force of creation itself. In our very hands, we can shape life, take it apart, put it together again, mould it like putty. Dr. Mendoza: But what you are doing is mad. It is diabolic! You are tampering with powers reserved to God. Dr. Alexander Thorkel: That is good. That is very good. That is just what I am doing.
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Professor Kendall: [Referring to Thorkel] He's a very strange man, abnormally secretive about his experiments, and now for two years he's buried himself in a camp in the Amazon jungle. Who knows what his mental state may be? Dr. Rupert Bulfinch: Dr. Thorkel may be eccentric, but he is also the greatest living biologist. I shall be glad to help him if I can.
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Dr. Rupert Bulfinch: I am a biologist! Steve Baker: [Dismissively] Sure! A bug doctor!
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Dr. Alexander Thorkel: Strange how absorbed man has been in the size of things!
Movie Trivia:
- Luana Walters was originally slated for the role of Mary Robinson.
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The first science fiction film to be shot in three-color Technicolor.
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Allen Fox as "Cab Driver" is in studio records/casting call lists for that role, but he did not appear or was not identifiable in the movie.
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
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"Dr. Cyclops" was Albert Dekker's signature part, and virtually all of his obituaries mentioned the film.
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Keywords:
Scientist, Radium, Laboratory, Megalomania, Mad Scientist ...[more]
Keywords All:
Murder, Paranoia, Mule, Jungle, Andes, Rain Forest, Peru, Miner, Miniaturization, Dog, Rainstorm, Windlass, Peruvian, Horse, Eccentric, Faithful Dog, Suspicion, Monkey, Period In Title, Rowboat, Well, Bioethics, Chloroform, Shotgun, Fall From Height, Crocodile, Experiment, Chicken, Lightning, Amazon River, Amazon, Pre Columbian, Psychiatrist, Abbreviation In Title, Asphyxiation, Cat, Human Experimentation, Biologist, Miniature People, Pitchblende, Jealousy, Airplane, Blackmail, Hispanic, Fire, Ruins, Fall To Death, Mineralogy, Eyeglasses, Self Sacrifice, Rifle, Gunfire, Butterfly Net, Escape, Black Cat, Microscope, Weapon, Character Name In Title
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Rating: 7.3 out of 10.0 - 72 votes cast total
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