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