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Shanks (1974)

Shanks

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PG

1h 33m

Fantasy, Horror

October 9th, 1974

5.6/10

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Malcolm Shanks is a sad and lonely man, deaf, mute and living with his cruel sister and her husband, who delight in making him miserable. His only pleasure, it seems, is in making and controlling puppets. Thanks to his skill, he is offered a job as a lab assistant to Dr. Walker, who is working on ways to re-animate dead bodies by inserting electrodes at key nerve points and manipulating the bodies as if they were on strings. When the professor suddenly dies one night, Shanks gets the idea to apply their experimental results to a human body, and then to start exacting some revenge.

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Cast

Marcel Marceau
Malcolm Shanks
Tsilla Chelton
Mrs. Barton
Philippe Clay
Mr. Barton
Cindy Eilbacher
Celia
Helena Kallianiotes
Mata Hari
Larry Bishop
Napoleon
Don Calfa
Einstein
Biff Manard
Goliath
Mondo
Genghis Khan
Read Morgan
Policeman
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Directors

William Castle
Full cast & crew

Producers

William Castle
executive producer
Steven North
producer
Sheldon Schrager
associate producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Ranald Graham
Full cast & crew

Taglines

Deliciously Grotesque.
A new concept in the macabre in which the Good come out of the grave and the Evil are sent to fill the vacancy.

Keywords

good versus evil
murder
falling from height
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

August 31st, 1996 (Germany) (Oldenburg International Film Festival)
March 5th, 1984 (Italy) (TV premiere)
March 5th, 1985 (Italy) TV
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Shanks (original title)
Jogando com a Vida e a Morte (Brazil)
A bábmester (Hungary)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Los Angeles, California, USA
Paramount Pictures - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)
All Locations

Running Times

93 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.85 : 1

Production Companies

Paramount
William Castle Productions (A William Castle Production)
Paramount Pictures (Afghanistan) (presents)

Distribution Companies

Olive Films (Canada)
Paramount Pictures (United States of America)
Olive Films (United States of America)

Other Companies

Modern Film Effects (titles and opticals)
Movielab (prints & processing)
Bertrand (wig designer) (Paris)

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