
The Invisible Man Returns(1940)
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.


“H.G. Wells’ fantastic, out-of-this-world show!”
After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

Claude Rains
Dr. Jack Griffin

Gloria Stuart
Flora Cranley

William Harrigan
Dr. Arthur Kemp

Henry Travers
Dr. Cranley

Una O'Connor
Jenny Hall

Forrester Harvey
Herbert Hall

Holmes Herbert
Chief of Police

E. E. Clive
Constable Jaffers

Dudley Digges
Chief Detective

Harry Stubbs
Inspector Bird
The Invisible Man is a horror, science fiction film released in 1933 exploring themes of based on novel or book, insanity, chemical, train accident, mad scientist, murder. Directed by James Whale, it stars Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan. After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.
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