Shanks 50 years old

A new concept in the macabre in which the Good come out of the grave and the Evil are sent to fill the vacancy.

Shanks

Malcolm Shanks is a sad and lonely man, deaf, mute and living with his cruel sister and her husband, who delight in making him miserable. His only pleasure, it seems, is in making and controlling puppets. Thanks to his skill, he is offered a job as a lab assistant to Dr. Walker, who is working on ways to re-animate dead bodies by inserting electrodes at key nerve points and manipulating the bodies as if they were on strings. When the professor suddenly dies one night, Shanks gets the idea to apply their experimental results to a human body, and then to start exacting some revenge.

Credits

Shanks Cast

Name Character
William Castle He was 60, 63 years old when he died as Grocer
Helena Kallianiotes She was 36, now 86 years old as Mata Hari
Read Morgan He was 43, now 93 years old as Cop
Don Calfa He was 34, 76 years old when he died as Einstein
Larry Bishop He was 25, now 75 years old as Napoleon
Biff Manard He was 35, 75 years old when he died as Goliath
Marcel Marceau He was 51, 84 years old when he died as Malcolm Shanks / Old Walker
Cindy Eilbacher She was 16, now 66 years old as Celia
Phil Adams He was 16, now 33 years old as Beethoven
Philippe Clay He was 47, 80 years old when he died as Mr. Barton
Tsilla Chelton She was 55, 93 years old when she died as Mrs. Barton

Shanks Crew

Name Department
Ranald Graham as Screenplay. He was 33 (69) years old when He died Writing
Alex North as Original Music Composer. He was 63 (80) years old when He died Sound
Steven North as Producer. Production
Shanks poster
Shanks (50 years)

A new concept in the macabre in which the Good come out of the grave and the Evil are sent to fill the vacancy.

  • Release day: Wednesday, October 09, 1974
  • Runtime: 93 minutes