The Invisible Man
Time Out says
Engrossing adaptation of HG Wells' tale of a scientist made invisible by his experiments with the drug monocaine. The megalomania that ensues upon Rains' ability to go about unseen is played for suspense, pathos and tongue-in-cheek humour (he can't go out in the rain, because it would make him look like a ridiculous bubble). The real strengths of the movie are John P Fulton's remarkable special effects (Rains removing his bandages to reveal nothing, footsteps appearing as if by magic in the snow), lending much-needed conviction to the blatant fantasy; and the fact that we never see the scientist without his bandages until the very end of the film. No wonder Karloff, disdainful of a role in which he would for the most part only be heard, turned down the part; but Rains, with his clear, sensitively inflected voice, was lucky: it made him a star.
Details
Release details
Duration:
71 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
James Whale
Screenwriter:
RC Sherriff
Cast:
Claude Rains
Dudley Digges
EE Clive
John Carradine
Una O'Connor
Walter Brennan
Dwight Frye
William Harrigan
Gloria Stuart
Dudley Digges
EE Clive
John Carradine
Una O'Connor
Walter Brennan
Dwight Frye
William Harrigan
Gloria Stuart
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