The Invisible Man

August 28th, 2008

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The Invisible Man

Category: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 1933
Country: USA
Runtime: 71
Rating: 7.7 (0)
Languages: English
Director: James Whale
Sound: Mono
Taglines:
  • Catch me if you can!
  • H.G. Wells Fantastic Sensation

    • Writing by: R.C. Sherriff - screenplay
    Preston Sturges - uncredited
    H.G. Wells - novel
    Philip Wylie - uncredited

    Produced by: Carl Laemmle Jr. - producer

    Cast: Claude Rains - The Invisible Man
    Gloria Stuart - Flora Cranley
    William Harrigan - Dr. Arthur Kemp
    Henry Travers - Dr. Cranley
    Una OConnor - Jenny Hall
    Forrester Harvey - Herbert Hall
    Holmes Herbert - Chief of Police
    E.E. Clive - Const. Jaffers
    Dudley Digges - Chief detective
    Harry Stubbs - Insp. Bird
    Donald Stuart - Insp. Lane

    Music: Heinz Roemheld
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.
    Plot: A scientist turns himself invisible. However, the formula slowly drives him insane, causing him to terrorize the countryside as an invisible killer.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Claude Rains is the only actor in the film whose character is identified. In the actual opening and closing credits, we are never told which roles the other actors play, although the cast is listed twice in the film.

    Goofs: We know about 9 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: Although the Invisible Man makes a note of having to be naked to be invisible, the footprints he leaves in the snow at the end of the film are those of a man wearing shoes.

    Trivia: There are 5 entries in the trivia list - like these:
    • Boris Karloff had been the studios original choice for the role of the Invisible Man, but James Whale wanted someone with more of an "intellectual" voice. Claude Rains was Whales first and only choice.
    • In order to achieve the effect that Claude Rains wasnt there when his character took off the bandages, the director had Rains dressed completely in black velvet and filmed him in front of a black velvet background.
    • On the DVD short documentary, Claude Rains daughter tells of a time when the two went to see this movie in the theater years after it was made. 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 let them in for free.


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