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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Fred MacMurray | ... | Professor Ned Brainard | |
| Nancy Olson | ... | Betsy Carlisle | |
| Keenan Wynn | ... | Alonzo P. Hawk | |
| Tommy Kirk | ... | Biff Hawk | |
| Leon Ames | ... | President Rufus Daggett | |
| Elliott Reid | ... | Professor Shelby Ashton | |
| Edward Andrews | ... | Defense Secretary | |
| David Lewis | ... | General Singer | |
| Jack Mullaney | ... | Air Force Captain | |
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Belle Montrose | ... | Mrs. Chatsworth |
| Wally Brown | ... | Coach Elkins | |
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Wally Boag | ... | TV Newsman |
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Don Ross | ... | Lenny |
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Forrest Lewis | ... | Police Officer Kelley |
| James Westerfield | ... | Police Officer Hanson | |
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A bumbling professor accidently invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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THAT FABULOUS 'SHAGGY DOG' GUY DISCOVERS 'FLUBBER' The GOO that Flew! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 March 1961 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Absent Minded Professor See more »Filming Locations:
Renwick Gym, Pomona College - 333 N. College Way, Claremont, California, USA See more »Edit
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Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$25,381,407Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1
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Music by Gaston Lyle
Lyrics by George Leybourne
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Also available in a colorized version (made in 1986 and later in 1997), on TV, VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray. See more »Soundtracks
The Man on the Flying TrapezeMusic by Gaston Lyle
Lyrics by George Leybourne
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Some parts of this are very funny, some parts are silly stupid and all parts are very dated and make little sense. Maybe that's why someone figured a re-make was appropriate. That, and the fact that it's still a very entertaining movie, almost a classic. The re-make was done in 1997 with the movie, "Flubber."
Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk.....wow, there are some familiar names from the '50s and '60s Olson had lost her youthful looks from "Sunset Boulevard," but that had been a decade earlier. MacMurray didn't look a whole lot different from his 1944 film noir classic of "Double Indemnity," proving once again how much better men age than women.
Kids of today would still laugh at this film, although they have dead spots in here which are not prevalent in modern-day films.