The Invisible Man [Blu-ray]

The Invisible Man [Blu-ray]

Director: James Whale Cast: Claude Rains
Claude Rains
, Gloria Stuart
Gloria Stuart
, Henry Travers
Henry Travers
, William Harrigan
William Harrigan
James Whale
The Invisible Man [Blu-ray]

The Invisible Man [Blu-ray]

Director: James Whale Cast: Claude Rains
Claude Rains
, Gloria Stuart
Gloria Stuart
, Henry Travers
Henry Travers
, William Harrigan
William Harrigan
James Whale

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Overview

A mysterious stranger, his face swathed in bandages and his eyes obscured by dark spectacles, has taken a room at a cozy inn in the British village of Ipping. Never leaving his quarters, the stranger demands that the staff leave him completely alone. Working unmolested with his test tubes, the stranger does not notice when the landlady inadvertently walks into his room one morning. But she notices that her guest seemingly has no head! The stranger, one Jack Griffin, is a scientist, who'd left Ipping several months earlier while conducting a series of tests with a strange new drug called monocane. He returns to the laboratory of his mentor, Dr. Cranley (Henry Travers), where he reveals his secret to onetime partner Dr. Kemp (William Harrigan) and former fiancee Flora Cranley (Gloria Stuart). Monocane is a formula for invisibility, and has rendered Griffin's entire body undetectable to the human eye. Alas, monocane has also had the side effect of driving Griffin insane. With megalomanic glee, Griffin takes Kemp into his confidence, explaining how he plans to prove his superiority over other humans by wreaking as much havoc as possible. At first, his pranks are harmless; then, without batting an eyelash, he turns to murder, beginning with the strangling of a comic-relief constable. When Kemp tries to turn Griffin over to the police, he himself is marked for death. Despite elaborate measures taken by the police, Griffin is able to murder Kemp, considerately taking the time to describe his homicidal methods to his helpless victim. After a reign of terror costing hundreds of lives, Griffin is cornered in a barn, his movements betrayed by his footsteps in the snow. Mortally wounded by police bullets, Griffin is taken to a hospital, where he regretfully tells Flora that he's paying the price for meddling into Things Men Should Not Know. As Griffin dies, his face becomes slowly visible: first the skull, then the nerve endings, then layer upon layer of raw flesh, until he is revealed to be Claude Rains, making his first American film appearance. So forceful was Rains' verbal performance as "The Invisible One" that he became an overnight movie star (after nearly twenty years on stage). Wittily scripted by R.C. Sherriff and an uncredited Philip Wylie, and brilliantly directed by James Whale, The Invisible Man is a near-untoppable combination of horror and humor. Also deserving of unqualified praise are the thorouhgly convincing special effects by John P. Fulton and John Mescall. With the exception of The Invisible Man Returns, none of the sequels came anywhere close to the quality of the 1933 original. Trivia alert: watch for Dwight "Renfield" Frye as a bespectacled reporter, Walter Brennan as the man whose bicycle was stolen, and John Carradine as the fellow in the phone booth who's "gawt a plan to ketch the h'invisible man."

Product Details

Release Date: 06/04/2013
UPC: 0025192178269
Original Release: 1933
Rating: NR
Source: STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language: English
Time: 1:12:00
Sales rank: 31,996

Special Features

Now you see him: The Invisible Man revealed; Production photographs; Feature commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer; 100 years of Universal: unforgettable characters; Trailer gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Claude Rains The Invisible Man
Gloria Stuart Flora Cranley,Inspector Lane
Henry Travers Cr. Cranley
William Harrigan Doctor Kemp
Una O'Connor Mrs. Jenny Hall
Forrester Harvey Mr. Herbert Hall
Holmes Herbert Chief of Police
E.E. Clive Jaffers
Dudley Digges Chief of Detectives
Harry Stubbs Inspector Bird
Merle Tottenham Milly
Dwight Frye Reporter
Walter Brennan Man With Bike
Jameson Thomas Doctor
John Carradine Informer
John Merivale Boy
Robert Adair Detective Thompson
Ted Billings Villager Playing Darts
Robert Brower Farmer
D'Arcy Corrigan Villager
Mary Gordon Screaming Woman
Tiny Jones Townswoman at Pub
Crauford Kent Doctor
Monte Montague Policeman
Bob Reeves Detective Hogan
Kathryn Sheldon Orphanage Worker
Emma Tansey Old Woman Listening to the Radio
Bert Young Railroad Switchman
Heinz Roemheld Composer
W. Harling Composer

Technical Credits
James Whale Director
R.C. Sherriff Screenwriter
John P. Fulton Special Effects
Carl Laemmle Jr. Producer
John Mescall Special Effects
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