The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

Directed by

Joe May

Genre

drama film, horror film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 140 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man wrongly sentenced to death begs a doctor to inject him with an invisibility serum. He uses his invisible state to try to find the real killer while fighting off the serum's effects on his mind.

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What happens

The Invisible Man Returns is a 1940 American horror science fiction film directed by Joe May. The film stars Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey and John Sutton. The film is a sequel to the 1933 film The Invisible Man, and the second film in the Invisible Man film series, loosely based on the novel by H. G. Wells. The film is about Sir Geoffrey Radcliffe (Price) who is condemned for a murder he did not commit, which leads to him begging Dr. Frank Griffin (Sutton) to inject him with the invisibility serum despite Griffin's warning that the serum will drive him mad. Following the commercial success of Son of Frankenstein, Universal Studios announced the development of The Invisible Man Returns in March 1939. The film went through a few screenwriters and directors before choosing Joe May to direct and Lester K. Cole and Curt Siodmak to write the script. Production went behind schedule early into the production and led to late night filming and production ending in November. The film was released on January 12, 1940. The special effects by John P. Fulton, Bernard B. Brown and William Hedgcock received an Oscar nomination in the category Best Special Effects. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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