
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.


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Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.

Boris Karloff
Dr. Janos Rukh

Bela Lugosi
Dr. Felix Benet

Frank Lawton
Ronald Drake

Frances Drake
Diana Rukh

Violet Kemble Cooper
Mother Rukh

Beulah Bondi
Lady Arabella Stevens

Walter Kingsford
Sir Francis Stevens

Paul Weigel
Monsieur Noyer

Frank Reicher
Professor Meiklejohn

Georges Renavent
Chief of the Surete
The Invisible Ray is a science fiction, horror, thriller film released in 1936 exploring themes of telescope, paris, france, love triangle, africa, insanity, meteor. Directed by Lambert Hillyer, it stars Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frank Lawton. Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
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