Shanks

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… More

PG, 1 hr. 33 min.
Directed By
William Castle
Genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
In Theaters
Oct 9, 1974 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A grim fairy-tale.

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  • Eric B


    "Shanks" is not marvelous, but if you wanted to make a film to exploit the talents of Marcel Marceau, there would be few ways to do it better. Marceau portrays Malcolm Shanks, an innocent puppeteer who is beloved by the town's children but saddled with an abusive… More

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