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Dr. Cyclops

Dr. Cyclops

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Dr. Cyclops

1940

1h 3m

6.2(75 votes)

Adventure

Horror

Science Fiction

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.

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Paramount Pictures

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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)

Creative team

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

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