Dr. Cyclops

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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. Alexander Thorkel in "Dr. Cyclops" 1

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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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 notableRole Dr. Cyclops
this entity surface form: Dr. Alexander Thorkel in "Dr. Cyclops"
Albert Dekker notableWork Dr. Cyclops