Shanks (1974)
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.
Director:
William Castle
Writer:
Ranald Graham
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Marcel Marceau as Malcolm Shanks / Old Walker |
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Tsilla Chelton as Mrs. Barton |
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Philippe Clay as Mr. Barton |
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Cindy Eilbacher as Celia |
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Biff Manard as Goliath |
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Helena Kallianiotes as Mata Hari |
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Larry Bishop as Napoleon |
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Don Calfa as Einstein |
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Phil Adams as Beethoven |
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Read Morgan as Cop |
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William Castle as Grocer |
| Sound | Alex North | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Steven North | Producer |
| Writing | Ranald Graham | Screenplay |
| Production | William Castle | Executive Producer |
| Directing | William Castle | Director |
| Production | Sheldon Schrager | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Ben Rusi | Boom Operator |
| Directing | Val Raset | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Robert Crosby | Boom Operator |
| Sound | David M. Ronne | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Virginia Jones | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Martin Walters | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Allan Gordon | Property Master |
| Directing | Marshall Schlom | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Keith Pepper | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | Orville Hallberg | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Bong Soo Han | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Alex North | Conductor |
| Camera | Cameron MacDonald | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Pat Hollywell | Key Grip |
| Camera | Martin Kashuk | Key Grip |
| Sound | Henry Brant | Orchestrator |
| Art | Ed Shanley | Construction Coordinator |
| Editing | David Berlatsky | Editor |
| Art | John P. Austin | Set Decoration |
| Art | Boris Leven | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guy C. Verhille | Costume Design |
| Directing | Sheldon Schrager | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Richard Albain | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack H. Young | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Joseph F. Biroc | Director of Photography |
