Shanks (1974)
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Shanks is not so much a movie as an hallucinatory experience. World-renowned mime Marcel Marceau plays a dual role as a mute puppeteer and an eccentric inventor. The inventor dies, passing along his secrets for reviving corpses to the puppeteer. With the help of an enigmatic little girl, Marceau activates several dead bodies and goes on a robbery spree. Costarring with Marceau are fellow mime artists Tsilla Chelton and Phillipe Clay. Shanks had cult potential, but was released with a surprisingly lackluster ad campaign--all the more surprising in that the film was directed by that master huckster William Castle (whose last film this was). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- William Castle
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
Synopsis of Shanks
Shanks is not so much a movie as an hallucinatory experience. World-renowned mime Marcel Marceau plays a dual role as a mute puppeteer and an eccentric inventor. The inventor dies, passing along his secrets for reviving corpses to the puppeteer. With the help of an enigmatic little girl, Marceau activates several dead bodies and goes on a robbery spree. Costarring with Marceau are fellow mime artists Tsilla Chelton and Phillipe Clay. Shanks had cult potential, but was released with a surprisingly lackluster ad campaign--all the more surprising in that the film was directed by that master huckster William Castle (whose last film this was). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Shanks
- Don Calfa - Motorcycle Gang
- Philippe Clay - Mr. Barton
- Larry Bishop - Motorcycle Gang Member
- Read Morgan - Cop
- William Castle - Grocer
- Helena Kallianiotes - Biker's Old Lady
- Biff Manard - Goliath
- Cindy Eilbacher - Celia
- Boyd "Red" Morgan - Policeman
- Mondo - Genghis Khan
- Lara Wing - Little Girl
- Tsila Chelton - Mrs. Barton
- Marcel Marceau - Malcolm Shanks/Old Walker
- Phil Adams - Motorcycle Gang Member
- Director(s):
- William Castle
- Writer(s):
- Ronny Graham
- Producer(s):
- Sheldon Schrager, Steven North
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Suitable for Children)
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