Shanks
“A new concept in the macabre in which the Good come out of the grave and the Evil are sent to fill the vacancy.”
1974•PG•1h 33m•5.2•Released
FantasyHorror
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
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Company
William Castle Productions
Producer
Steven North
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