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| Charles Laughton | ... | Dr. Moreau | |
| Richard Arlen | ... | Edward Parker | |
| Leila Hyams | ... | Ruth Thomas | |
| Bela Lugosi | ... | Sayer of the Law | |
| Kathleen Burke | ... | The Panther Woman | |
| Arthur Hohl | ... | Montgomery | |
| Stanley Fields | ... | Captain Davies | |
| Paul Hurst | ... | Donahue | |
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Hans Steinke | ... | Ouran |
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Tetsu Komai | ... | M'ling |
| George Irving | ... | The Consul | |
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After his ship goes down, Edward Parker is rescued at sea. Parker gets into a fight with Captain Davies of the Apia and the Captain tosses him overboard while making a delivery to the tiny tropical island of Dr. Moreau. Parker discovers that Moreau has good reason to be so secretive on his lonely island. The doctor is a whip-cracking task master to a growing population of his own gruesome human/animal experiments. He does have one prize result, Lota the beautiful panther woman. Parker's fortunes for escape look up after his fiancée Ruth finds him with the help of fearless Captain Donohue. However, when Moreau's tribe of near-humans rises up to rebel, no one is safe... Written by Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
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unnatural experiment | genetic science | man beast | human becoming an animal | genetic engineering |Taglines:
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I first saw this film in 1933 when I was 7 years old. My 20 year old aunt, who was also my nanny, used to drag me to these things (also took me to equally horrifying Trader Horn and King Kong) instead of taking me to the playground. Even after 67 years, I remembered the scene when someone was lashing the rebellious half-animals.
I checked it out from my video store last year for a re-run. Absolutely magnificent Laughton. Still scary.