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)
Shipwrecked and adrift, Edward Parker finds himself a guest on Dr. Moreau's isolated South Seas island, but quickly discovers the horrifying nature of the doctor's work and the origin of the strange forms inhabiting the isle: a colony of wild animals reworked into humanoid form via sadistic surgical experiments. Furthermore, Parker quickly begins to fear his own part in the doctor's plans to take the unholy enterprise to a next level. Featuring a peerlessly erudite and sinister performance by Charles Laughton as the diabolical doctor, a sterling appearance by Bela Lugosi as the half-beast-half-man "Sayer of the Law", and sensationally atmospheric cinematography by the great Karl Struss, Island of Lost Souls now returns to claim a central position among the most imaginative and nightmarish fantasies from Hollywood's golden age of horror. (Eureka Entertainment)
(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:
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
The Merry Widow (1934)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Arthur Hohl
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Yearling (1946)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Stanley Fields
USA
Best movies:
Show Boat (1936)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Way Out West (1937)
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)
Virginia City (1940)
When the Daltons Rode (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)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
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:
China Seas (1935)
The Letter (1940)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Bob Kortman
USA
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Union Pacific (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)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Joe Bonomo
USA
Best movies:
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)