Overview

Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his unorthodox experimentation.

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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Special Effects (1941)
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Setting
Set in Peru
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Music
Music by Gerard Carbonara
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Henry Sharp and Winton Hoch
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Details

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Writers: Malcolm Stuart BoylanScreenplay
Tom KilpatrickScreenplay
Status: Released
Release date: April 12, 1940
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America

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Production

Cast

Albert DekkerDr. Alexander Thorkel
Thomas ColeyBill Stockton
Janice LoganDr. Mary Robinson
Charles HaltonDr. Rupert Bulfinch
Victor KilianSteve Baker
Frank YaconelliPedro
Paul FixDr. Mendoza
Frank ReicherProf. Kendall
Jane WebbWoman (uncredited)
Billy WilkersonSilent Indian (uncredited)