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Dr. Cyclops ()

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A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened.
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Dr. Thorkel
Thomas Coley ...
Bill Stockton
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Dr. Mary Robinson
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Dr. Bulfinch
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Steve Baker
Frank Yaconelli ...
Pedro
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Dr. Mendoza
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Professor Kendall
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Silent Indian (uncredited)

Directed by

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Ernest B. Schoedsack

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Tom Kilpatrick ... (original screen play)
 
Malcolm Stuart Boylan ... () (uncredited)

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Merian C. Cooper ... producer (uncredited)
William LeBaron ... executive producer (uncredited)
Dale Van Every ... producer

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Gerard Carbonara
Albert Hay Malotte
Ernst Toch

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Henry Sharp ... director of photography

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Ellsworth Hoagland

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Hans Dreier
A. Earl Hedrick ... (as Earl Hedrick)
Robert Odell ... (uncredited)

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Charles Gemora ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Hollingsworth Morse ... assistant director (uncredited)

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A.E. Freudeman ... interior decorator
Henri Jaffa ... associate color art director: for the Technicolor Company
Natalie Kalmus ... color art director: for the Technicolor Company

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Harry Lindgren ... sound recordist
Richard Olson ... sound recordist

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography
W. Wallace Kelley ... process photography (as Wallace Kelley)
Jan Domela ... matte artist (uncredited)
Gordon Jennings ... special photographic effects (uncredited)
Paul K. Lerpae ... optical cinematography (uncredited)

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Winton C. Hoch ... associate director of photography (as Winton Hoch)

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Irvin Talbot ... conductor (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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. Written by Steve Hill

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Also Known As
  • Doctor Cyclops (United States)
  • Dr Cyclops (Ireland, English title)
  • Docteur Cyclope (France)
  • Doctor Cíclope (Spain)
  • Dr Cyclops hemlighet (Finland, Swedish title)
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  • 77 min
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Trivia The first science fiction film to be shot in three-color Technicolor. See more »
Goofs The fire in the cave is clearly in proportion to the miniature people, rather than to the rest of the natural world. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999). See more »
Crazy Credits The Paramount logo has a flashing green mist over it just before the main titles (which also have it). See more »
Quotes Dr. Alexander Thorkel: Strange how absorbed man has been in the size of things!
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