
Film
Shanks
1974 · 1h 33m · Fantasy · Horror
A new concept in the macabre in which the Good come out of the grave and the Evil are sent to fill the vacancy.
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Overview
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 / Old Walker

Tsilla Chelton
Mrs. Barton

Philippe Clay
Mr. Barton

Cindy Eilbacher
Celia
Biff Manard
Goliath

Helena Kallianiotes
Mata Hari

Larry Bishop
Napoleon

Don Calfa
Einstein
Phil Adams
Beethoven

Read Morgan
Cop

William Castle
Grocer
Crew
- William CastleDirector · Executive Producer
- Ranald GrahamScreenplay
- Steven NorthProducer
- Joseph F. BirocDirector of Photography
- Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
- David BerlatskyEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 9, 1974
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- PG
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror
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