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      Dr. Cyclops

      1940, Sci-fi, 1h 15m

      14 Reviews 250+ Ratings

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      Movie Info

      To assist with his work due to his failing eyesight, renowned biologist Dr. Alexander Thorkel (Albert Dekker) invites two prominent scientists and a mineralogist to his hidden Amazon jungle laboratory. Thorkel remains evasive about the nature of his experiments, and after the team evaluates his bacteria slides, he orders them away. When they refuse, Thorkel and his servant trick them into a chamber where Thorkel shrinks them down to microscopic size, and they escape to the terrifying jungle.

      • Genre: Sci-fi

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack

      • Producer: Dale Van Every

      • Writer: Tom Kilpatrick

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Distributor: Paramount Pictures

      • Production Co: Paramount Pictures

      Cast & Crew

      Albert Dekker
      Janice Logan
      Thomas Coley
      Charles Halton
      Victor Kilian
      Billy Wilkerson
      Paul Fix
      Frank Reicher
      Tom Kilpatrick
      Henry Sharp
      Gerard Carbonara
      Albert Hay Malotte
      Ernst Toch
      Hans Dreier
      A. Earl Hedrick

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      • Apr 26, 2012

        Another film from the ultimate Sci Fi Collection. This is about a film where a Doctor is using uranium to miniaturizes things, The miniature horse is pretty cool, then 5 people will not leave him alone so he miniaturizes them. Must have been a drive in hit. 3 stars

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      • Sep 05, 2010

        This movie feels like a 50s B movie, and it's pretty much the same story as the late 50s movie, Attack of the Puppet People, but Dr. Cyclops got there first. This movie has cool special effects, which reminded me of 50s movies, and I was surprised to see such effects in a movie from 1940. It's not a fantastic story by today's standards, but this movie is still pretty cool when you think about it.

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      • Jan 25, 2009

        Dr. Alexander Thorkel has discovered a way to use radiation to shrink pigs, horses and other assorted animals to a fraction of their former size. Obsessed with this new discovery and paranoid that his colleagues will steal his invention, he decides to shrink them as well. I caught this one on late-night television many, many years ago and absolutely loved it. Albert Dekker is the ultimate "mad scientist" in this Technicolor extravaganza of campy dialog and extraordinary special effects.

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      • Oct 29, 2008

        If you have nothing better to do, this might fill your time.

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