The Madmen of Mandoras (1963)

Director:

David Bradley

Writers:

Steve Bennett (story)
Peter Miles

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The most incredible plot to conquer the world!

Plot:

Hitler's Brain is saved by Nazi madmen, and is giving orders on a small tropical island! |

Plot Keywords:

Hitler | Floor Show | Swastika | Fascism | Hotel

Cast

Walter Stocker	...	Phil Day
Audrey Caire	...	Kathy Coleman 'K.C.' Day
Carlos Rivas	...	Camino Padua / Teo Padua
John Holland	...	Prof. John Coleman
Marshall Reed	...	Frank Dvorak
Scott Peters	...	David Garrick
Keith Dahle	...	Tom Sharon
Dani Lynn	...	Suzanne Coleman
Nestor Paiva	...	Police Chief Alaniz
Pedro Regas	...	Presidente Juan Padua
Bill Freed	...	Adolf Hitler
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chuck Beston
Hap Holmwood
Dick McHale
Jerry Riggio

Directed by
David Bradley

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Steve Bennett		story
Peter Miles		(as Richard Miles)

Produced by
Steve Bennett	....	producer
Carl Edwards	....	producer
Anthony Sanucci	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Don Hulette		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Stanley Cortez

Film Editing by
Alan C. Marks		(as Alan Marks)

Art Direction by
Frank Paul Sylos		(as Frank Sylos)

Set Decoration by
Morris Hoffman

Makeup Department
Maurice Seiderman	....	special makeup

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Harry M. Slott	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Royce Finley	....	property master

Sound Department
Ralph Butler	....	sound mixer
Elmer Haglund	....	boom operator
Paul Schmutz	....	sound recordist
William L. Stevenson	....	sound editor (as William Stevenson)

Camera and Electrical Department
Frank Dugas	....	camera operator
Eddie Jones	....	still photographer
Tom Ouellette	....	chief electrician (as Tom Oulette)
Roy Tripp	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Einar Bourman	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Leon Selditz	....	supervising editor

Music Department
Peter Zinner	....	music supervisor

Other crew
B.B. Gary	....	script supervisor
Clark L. Paylow	....	production coordinator (as Clark Paylow)

Production Companies

• Sans-S

Distributors

• Crown International Pictures (1963) (USA) (theatrical)
• Deimos Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Rhino Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Unearthed Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (DVD)
• United Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• VCI Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Video Yesteryear (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Paragon Films Inc.  added sequences for 1968 TV/16mm release

Also Known As:

Runtime:

64 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sans-S

Trivia:

There's a scene in Mandoras where a small airplane circles and then lands in order to drop off an Army general. The tail number (registration number) is visible in one of the scenes (N4328C). Upon researching it, that airplane, a 1955 Aeronca Champ 7EC, is still flying as of 5/13 and is based in Modesto, CA. However, as of 5/13, it's for sale.

Quotes:

Phil Day:What kind of a police chief are you, anyway?
Police Chief Alaniz:I'm a very good police chief. I always obey orders... most of the time.

Movie Connections:

Edited into They Saved Hitler's Brain (1968) (TV)

"Mach Schnell, Dumbkaupfs!!" Before there Was Manos, there was this... :=8P

Well, they saved enough to make a wax head in a pickle jar shout out "Hogan's Hero's"-styled German to a bunch of scurrying lab assistants. Of the many, many, MANY bad films released during the 60's, few can rival the amazingly boring and incowherent non-energy of "They Saved Hitler's Brain". Huge, indigestible chunks of film debris from other films are awash in this film, like so much flotsum. Legend has it that at least 2 moovies were ground together to make up this one film, but there may be more - and the MooCow is here to tell you that they only ground together the moore boring and irrelevant scenes. Seriously, this is a film were virtually nothing happens. Except for scenes showing the grimacing "Mr. H.", this wad of celluloid is completely worthless. The MooCow's favorite scene: idiot #1 and his girlfrend are driving idiot #2 around for no reason; a car drives by, shoots idiot #2 dead, and drives off; idiot #1 looks at the dead idiot #2 and says "what happened?"; idiot #1's girlfriend says "I think he's been shot". Guess the car that blared by, with blazing guns, didn't quite register. Since the film is virtually plotless, the MooCow cannot provide you with even a cursory explaination as to what;s going on, excet that in the end the wax Hitler head gets melted, and the world is saved. This moovie is moore an endurance test than a film; schlock-fans, remember those boring 15 minutes of soybean fields at the beginning of "Manos: the Hands of Fate"? Well, imagine an entire moovie made up of that. We're not kidding! :€ No one in this film is worth mentioning, except the hideously poor direction was provided by David Bradley, the "genius" behind "Twelve to the Moon". The MooCow says avoid this film like a pre-frontal lobotomy, for serious film masochists only!! :=8P