Directed by:
Erle C. KentonCinematography:
Karl StrussCast:
Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, Kathleen Burke, Arthur Hohl, Stanley Fields, Paul Hurst, Randolph Scott, Alan Ladd, Buster Crabbe (more)Plots(1)
When shipwreck survivor Edward Parker is rescued after three days adrift on an overturned lifeboat in the South Pacific, his ordeal is just beginning. He is plunged into the nightmarish world of Dr Moreau (Charles Laughton), an exiled scientist obsessed with the physical transformation of animals into humans. Moreau's plans for Parker soon become apparent when he introduces him to a young native woman... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Charles Laughton
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Spartacus (1960)
Richard Arlen
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
Wings (1927)
The Mountain (1956)
Leila Hyams
USA
Best movies:
Freaks (1932)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Spite Marriage (1929)
Bela Lugosi
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Ninotchka (1939)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
Kathleen Burke
USA
Best movies:
Murders in the Zoo (1933)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
The Merry Widow (1934)
Arthur Hohl
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Yearling (1946)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Stanley Fields
USA
Best movies:
City Streets (1931)
Show Boat (1936)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Paul Hurst
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Randolph Scott
USA
Best movies:
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Frontier Marshal (1939)
Virginia City (1940)
Alan Ladd
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
The Black Cat (1941)
Buster Crabbe
USA
Best movies:
Arizona Raiders (1965)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Search for Beauty (1934)
Schlitze
Mexico
Best movies:
Freaks (1932)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
John George
Syria
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Killing (1956)
East of Eden (1955)
George Irving
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Tetsu Komai
Japan
Best movies:
History Is Made at Night (1937)
China Seas (1935)
The Criminal Code (1931)
Bob Kortman
USA
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Beau Geste (1939)
Constantine Romanoff
German Empire
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Kid Brother (1927)
Robert Milasch
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Joe Bonomo
USA
Best movies:
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)