Dr. Cyclops

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film science fiction horror film

Dr. Cyclops is a 1940 science fiction horror film best known for its pioneering use of Technicolor and its story of a mad scientist who shrinks his victims in the Peruvian jungle.

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Dr. Cyclops canonical 9
Dr. Alexander Thorkel in "Dr. Cyclops" 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
science fiction horror film ⓘ
awardNominationYear 1941 ⓘ
basedOn short story by Henry Kuttner ⓘ
castMember Albert Dekker ⓘ
Charles Halton ⓘ
Frank Yaconelli ⓘ
Janice Logan ⓘ
Thomas Coley ⓘ
Victor Kilian ⓘ
character Dr. Thorkel ⓘ
cinematographyBy Henry Sharp ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ernest B. Schoedsack ⓘ
distributedInFormat 35 mm Technicolor ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editor Ellsworth Hoagland ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmingTechnique optical effects for size change ⓘ
genre horror film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
hasTheme man versus nature ⓘ
scientific hubris ⓘ
survival ⓘ
hasVillain Dr. Thorkel ⓘ
isPioneeringUseOf Technicolor in science fiction horror films ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Albert Dekker ⓘ
mainSubject mad scientist ⓘ
miniaturization ⓘ
motionPictureRating Approved (Production Code era) ⓘ
musicBy Gerard Carbonara ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
notableFor early use of special effects to depict miniaturized humans ⓘ
pioneering use of Technicolor in a science fiction horror context ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A mad scientist in the Peruvian jungle shrinks his victims using a radiation-based process. ⓘ
producer Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
productionType studio feature film ⓘ
releaseDate 1940-04-12 ⓘ
releaseYear 1940 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 78 ⓘ
screenwriter Malcolm Stuart Boylan ⓘ
Tom Kilpatrick ⓘ
setInCountry Peru ⓘ
setting Peruvian jungle ⓘ
targetAudience general audience ⓘ

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Ernest B. Schoedsack → directed → Dr. Cyclops ⓘ
Albert Dekker → notableWork → Dr. Cyclops ⓘ
Albert Dekker → notableRole → Dr. Cyclops ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dr. Alexander Thorkel in "Dr. Cyclops"
Dr. Thorkel → appearsIn → Dr. Cyclops ⓘ
Tom Kilpatrick → notableWork → Dr. Cyclops ⓘ
Tom Kilpatrick → wrote → Dr. Cyclops ⓘ
Thomas Coley → notableWork → Dr. Cyclops ⓘ
Thomas Coley → participatedIn → Dr. Cyclops ⓘ
Malcolm Stuart Boylan → notableWork → Dr. Cyclops ⓘ
Malcolm Stuart Boylan → wrote → Dr. Cyclops ⓘ