The Invisible Man
1933 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
With THE INVISIBLE MAN (the first film in a series), James Whale (FRANKENSTEIN) provides another stylish, blackly comic entry in the popular Universal horror cycle of the 1930s. When a mysterious man, face wrapped in bandages and wearing dark goggles, arrives in a small English village one snowy night, things start to go awry. Jack Griffin (Claude Rains), a chemist who has discovered an invisibility formula, wants desperately to find the antidote, but a side effect of the drug is driving him insane. Becoming gradually more unhinged, Griffin strips off his nose, bandages, and clothes before the stunned villagers and sets about terrorizing the countryside. When he progresses from mayhem to murder, Griffin's beloved Flora (Gloria Stuart) and colleague Dr. Kemp (William Harrigan) work with police to try to capture the elusive Invisible Man. It is a race against time to stop Griffin's plans to make the world "grovel" at his feet. Watch for the stunning special effects during the snowy climax to this gripping, atmospheric horror classic.
Direction James Whale
Cast Claude Rains · Gloria Stuart · William Harrigan · Henry Travers · E.E. Clive · Una O'Connor · Dudley Digges · John Carradine · Walter Brennan · Dwight Frye
Soundtrack Heinz Roemheld
Screenplay R.C. Sherriff · Philip Wyle · H.G. Wells
Cinematography Arthur Edeson
Original title The Invisible Man
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