Dr. Cyclops

Dr. Cyclops
Directed byErnest B. Schoedsack
Written byTom Kilpatrick
Based on"Dr. Cyclops"
by Henry Kuttner
Produced byDale Van Every
Merian C. Cooper
StarringAlbert Dekker
Thomas Coley
Janice Logan
Charles Halton
Victor Kilian
CinematographyHenry Sharp
Edited byEllsworth Hoagland
Music byGerard Carbonara
Albert Hay Malotte
Ernst Toch
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 12, 1940 (1940-04-12)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dr. Cyclops is a 1940 American 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.[1]

The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects (by Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings) at the 13th Academy Awards.[2]

Fantasy and science fiction writer Henry Kuttner wrote a novelette adapting the film's story that appeared in the June 1940 issue of the pulp magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories.

  1. ^ This Month in Horror: April 1940
  2. ^ "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-18.