Overview:
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.| Status: | Released (1932-12-24) |
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| Awards: | 1 win |
| Screen: | Waldemar Young, Philip Wylie, H.G. Wells |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 10921: Charles Laughton - Dr. Moreau
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- 1507: Leila Hyams - Ruth Thomas
- 1547: Bela Lugosi - The Sayer of the Law
- 29761: Kathleen Burke - Lota the Panther Woman
- 25176: Arthur Hohl - Montgomery
- 29762: Stanley Fields - Capt. Davies
Crews
- 11624: H. G. Wells - Novel - Writing
- 29755: Erle C. Kenton - Producer - Production
- 29758: Arthur Johnston - Music - Sound
- 29759: Sigmund Krumgold - Music - Sound
- 29757: Philip Wylie - Screenplay - Writing
- 29756: Waldemar Young - Screenplay - Writing
- 9081: Karl Struss - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
We are Devo! There's an island somewhere out there in the goddamn foggy laden deep blue sea. Here resides Dr. Moreau (Charles Laughton), he has a God complex and he is conducting experiments, turning animals into humans. Unsurprisingly and terrifyingly the results are not exactly ....
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There is something almost "Hitler-esque" about Charles Laughton's performance in this stunningly eerie adaptation of HG Wells' novel "The Island of Dr. Moreau". I have to admit to a certain bewilderment as to the name change - if anything, it rather detracts from the original - but h ....
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