The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

13/7/1977 1h 39m 5.6/10

Overview

A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a scientist, Dr. Moreau, who in an experiment has turned beasts into human beings.

Director

Don Taylor

Top Billed Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Dr. Paul Moreau

Michael York

Michael York

Andrew Braddock

Barbara Carrera

Barbara Carrera

Maria

Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

Sayer of the Law

Nigel Davenport

Nigel Davenport

Montgomery

Nick Cravat

Nick Cravat

M'Ling

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

3/27/2022

6/10

A typically unremarkable Michael York is shipwrecked onto a tropical island populated by Burt Lancaster and a rather motley collection of people and mutated people/animals. These are the results of the doctor's experiments over the years, as he has tried to create a perfect creature. Time hasn't been kind to this; the effects are straight out of "Planet of the Apes" but Lancaster is quite sinister as the obsessed "Dr. Moreau". Keep an eye out for Lancaster's long-term acrobatic buddy Nick Cravat who turns up as "M'Ling". I recall seeing this at the cinema when I was 10 (or so) and the final scene has stuck in my mind ever since.

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