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The Invisible Man ()

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A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.
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Dr. Jack Griffin aka The Invisible Man
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Flora Cranley
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Dr. Arthur Kemp
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Dr. Cranley
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Jenny Hall
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Herbert Hall
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Chief of Police
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Constable Jaffers
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Chief Detective
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Inspector Bird
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Inspector Lane
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Millie
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Detective Thompson (uncredited)
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Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Ted Billings ...
Villager Playing Darts (uncredited)
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Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
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Farmer (uncredited)
Mae Bruce ...
Mary Purdy (uncredited)
Rita Carlyle ...
Townswoman at Pub (uncredited)
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Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)
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Villager (uncredited)
Jack Deery ...
Officer in Charge of Barn Capture (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Bobbie Hale ...
Townsman at Pub (uncredited)
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Constable (uncredited)
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Townswoman at Pub (uncredited)
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Woman (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
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Constable (uncredited)
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Old Woman Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Scotty Mattraw ...
Fatman at Pub (uncredited)
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Newsboy (uncredited)
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Cop (uncredited)
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Constable (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
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Detective Hogan (uncredited)
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Official (uncredited)
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Old Farmer with Barn (uncredited)
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Orphanage Worker (uncredited)
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Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
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2nd Man Calling Police ('Frost') (uncredited)
Bert Young ...
Railroad Switchman (uncredited)

Directed by

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James Whale ... (directed by)

Written by

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H.G. Wells ... (novel)
 
R.C. Sherriff ... (screenplay)
 
Preston Sturges ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)
 
Philip Wylie ... () (uncredited)

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Carl Laemmle Jr. ... producer (produced by)

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Heinz Roemheld ... (uncredited)

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Arthur Edeson ... (camera)

Editing by

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Ted J. Kent ... film editor (as Ted Kent)

Editorial Department

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Maurice Pivar ... editorial supervisor (uncredited)

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Charles D. Hall

Makeup Department

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Jack P. Pierce ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Joseph A. McDonough ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Wally Kirkpatrick ... chief props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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William Hedgcock ... sound recording engineer (uncredited)
John Kemp ... assistant recording engineer (uncredited)
Gilbert Kurland ... sound supervisor (uncredited)

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John P. Fulton ... special effects
Cleo E. Baker ... miniatures (uncredited)
Bill Heckler ... photographic effects assistant (uncredited)
Roswell A. Hoffmann ... optical cinematography (uncredited)
John J. Mescall ... miniature photographer (uncredited)
Frank D. Williams ... visual effects supervisor (uncredited)

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Peter Abriss ... chief grip (uncredited)
Jack Eagan ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Arthur Edeson ... camera operator (uncredited)
Roman Freulich ... still photographer (uncredited)
King D. Gray ... camera operator (uncredited)
John J. Mescall ... director of photography: additional photography (uncredited)
Fred Stoll ... grip (uncredited)

Music Department

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W. Franke Harling ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Gilbert Kurland ... music supervisor (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld ... conductor (uncredited)
William Schiller ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Carl Laemmle ... presenter / president: Universal Pictures Corp.
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Plot Summary

A mysterious man, whose head is completely covered in bandages, wants a room. The proprietors of the pub aren't used to making their house an inn during the winter months, but the man insists. They soon come to regret their decision. The man quickly runs out of money, and he has a violent temper besides. Worse still, he seems to be some kind of chemist and has filled his room with messy chemicals, test tubes, beakers and the like. When they try to throw him out, they make a ghastly discovery. Meanwhile, Flora Cranley appeals to her father to do something about the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Griffin, his assistant and her sweetheart. Her father's other assistant, the cowardly Dr. Kemp, is no help. He wants her for himself. Little does Flora guess that the wild tales, from newspapers and radio broadcasts, of an invisible homicidal maniac are stories of Dr. Griffin himself, who has discovered the secret of invisibility and gone mad in the process. Written by J. Spurlin

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Taglines Catch me if you can! See more »
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Also Known As
  • El hombre invisible (United States, Spanish title)
  • L'Homme invisible (France)
  • Der Unsichtbare (Germany)
  • El hombre invisible (Spain)
  • Näkymätön mies (Finland)
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Runtime
  • 71 min
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Budget $328,033 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia On the DVD short documentary, Claude Rains' daughter Jessica Rains tells of a time when her father brought her to see a re-release of this movie in the theater in Pennsylvania in 1950. It was bitterly cold and his face was completely covered by a hat and scarf. When he spoke to ask for the tickets, the attendant immediately recognized his voice and wanted to let them in for free. Rains was quite upset at this and demanded that he pay full price. See more »
Goofs (at around 2 mins) Though the music at the pub comes from a coin-operated player piano, it, along with everyone talking in the pub, stops short at the startling arrival of the Invisible Man. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942). See more »
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Crazy Credits Claude Rains is the only actor in the film whose character is identified in the credits. The roles the other actors play are not identified, even though the cast is listed twice: at the beginning and at the end. Rains is billed as "The Invisible One" in the opening credits and as "The Invisible Man" in the closing credits. See more »
Quotes The Invisible Man: We'll begin with a reign of terror, a few murders here and there, murders of great men, murders of little men - well, just to show we make no distinction. I might even wreck a train or two... just these fingers around a signalman's throat, that's all.
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