Dr. Cyclops
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| Directed by | Ernest B. Schoedsack |
| Produced by |
Dale Van Every Merian C. Cooper |
| Written by | Tom Kilpatrick |
| Starring |
Albert Dekker Thomas Coley Janice Logan Charles Halton Victor Kilian |
| Music by |
Gerard Carbonara Albert Hay Malotte |
| Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
| Edited by | Ellsworth Hoagland |
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Production
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Paramount Pictures
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time
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75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dr. Cyclops is a 1940 American Technicolor science fiction horror film from Paramount Pictures, produced by Dale Van Every and Merian C. Cooper, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, and starring Thomas Coley, Victor Kilian, Janice Logan, Charles Halton, Frank Yaconelli, and Albert Dekker.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects by (Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings) at the 13th Academy Awards.
Dr. Cyclops' is based on a short story of the same name by fantasy and science fiction writer Henry Kuttner, which first appeared in the June 1940 issue of the pulp magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories.
Biologists Dr. Mary Robinson (Janice Logan) and Dr. Bullfinch (Charles Halton) are summoned by Dr. Alexander Thorkel (Albert Dekker) to his remote laboratory in the Peruvian jungle. They are accompanied by mineralogist Dr. Bill Stockton (Thomas Coley), a friend of Mary's and a last minute substitute for another scientist, and Steve Baker (Victor Kilian), who wants to make sure his hired mules are well cared for (and suspects Thorkel may have discovered a rich mine). When they arrive, Thorkel asks the scientists to describe a specimen in his microscope, since his eyesight is too poor for him to do so himself. Bill identifies iron crystal contamination, much to Thorkel's satisfaction. Then, to their astonishment, Thorkel thanks them for their services and wants them to leave.
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