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Director:
Ford Beebe
Writers:
Bertram Millhauser (writer)
H.G. Wells (characters)
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Release Date:
9 June 1944 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
THEY'RE MARKED...for DEATH! (original print ad - mostly caps)
Plot:
An eccentric scientist helps a fugitive from the law become invisible, unwittingly giving him the power to exact revenge on his former friends. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Jon Hall ... Robert Griffin
Leon Errol ... Herbert
John Carradine ... Doctor Drury
Alan Curtis ... Mark Foster
Evelyn Ankers ... Julie Herrick
Gale Sondergaard ... Irene - Lady Herrick
Lester Matthews ... Sir Jasper Herrick
Halliwell Hobbes ... Cleghorn
Leyland Hodgson ... Sir Frederick Travers
Doris Lloyd ... Maud
Ian Wolfe ... Feeney
Billy Bevan ... Sergeant
Grey Shadow ... Grey Shadow
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
78 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #10009) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:Btl | UK:H (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (video rating) (2001) | USA:Unrated
Company:
Universal Pictures more

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Trivia:
Character actor Edgar Barrier, unhappy with the way his career was shaping up at Universal, dropped out four days before production began. He was quickly replaced by Lester Matthews. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: During the last half of the film, visible wires/strings are used to stage many of the invisibility effects, most notably in the scene where the invisible Robert Griffin lifts the unconscious Mark Foster up unto a table. And in three different close-up shots of Brutus (Dr. Drury's dog), we see a wire holding up the dog's muzzle. more
Quotes:
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Malty Bill: Two pounds, seven for the Burberry and the hat.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Son of Svengoolie: The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) (#1.52)" (1980) more

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Invisible Man, little to see, 5 January 2003
Author: (CommandoCody) from Washington, DC

Robert Griffin (no relation to Jack) was apparently duped and left for dead in Africa several years ago by his partners who went on to discover a diamond mine. Not only did Griffin lose out on his fortune but he lost his mind too. Eventually, Griffin escapes from a mental institution and returns to England. By chance (or the stroke of the writer's pen) Griffin encounters Dr. Drury, a screwball scientist in search of a weirdo to test out his new invisibility formula. Griffin sees invisibility as a chance to get the vengeance he craves. So the demented doctor gives him the obligatory injection.

This is a long way from the quality of the original 1933 film, with Claude Rains. There are a few familiar special effects but Leon Errol's attempts to provide comic relief meet with mixed results. It soon becomes apparent that the film has nothing going for it other than invisibility as a gimmick. The plot is wafer thin and poorly written. There is little action to speak of just a lot of standing around and talking or sitting around and talking. Clearly, this was an exercise to squeeze a few more dollars out of an aging franchise. On the bright side, there are some decent invisibility effects, like when the invisible man dunks his hand into a fish tank or covers his face in flour. That's not enough to recommend this film however.

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