Ep. 143 Dr. Cyclops (1940)

Dr. Thorkel (Albert Dekker) towers over a recently shrunk colleague, Dr. Bulfinch (Charles Halton), in Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1940 sci-fi romp "Dr. Cyclops."

In the jungles of Peru a mad scientist cracks and uses his experimental shrink ray on his unwitting colleges. Tune in as Chris talks Albert Dekker, technicolor, & true crime as the LSCE screens the Ernest B. Schoedsack 1940 classic “Dr. Cyclops.” Join us!

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