L'uomo invisibile

Titolo originale: The Invisible Man
Regia: James Whale |
Anno: 1933
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Horror Fantascienza
Tag: based on novel or book | insanity | chemical | train accident | mad scientist | murder | fugitive | snow | black and white | chemist | scientist | invisible | pre-code | invisible person | invisibility | manhunt | experiment gone awry | invisible man |
Cast: Claude Rains | Gloria Stuart | William Harrigan | Henry Travers | Una O'Connor | Forrester Harvey | Holmes Herbert | E. E. Clive | Dudley Digges | Harry Stubbs | Donald Stuart | Merle Tottenham | Robert Adair | Edgar Barrier | Ted Billings | Walter Brennan | Robert Brower | Mae Bruce | Rita Carlyle | John Carradine | D'Arcy Corrigan | Jack Deery | Dwight Frye | Mary Gordon | Bobby Hale | Stuart Hall | Tiny Jones | Violet Kemble Cooper | Crauford Kent | Paul Kruger | John Merivale | Monte Montague | Jack Montgomery | Charles Morton | Bob Reeves | Jack Richardson | Tom Ricketts | Kathryn Sheldon | Emma Tansey | Jameson Thomas | Leo White | Bert Young |

Uno scienziato ha scoperto una sostanza che, inietta nel corpo umano, lo rende invisibile; non ha però trovato quella che lo ripristini nelle condizioni primitive. Iniettatosi la droga, che ha pure effetti eccitanti, produce attorno a sé sbalordimento e paura e, esaltato dalla sua straordinaria prerogativa, si propone di specularvi a tutto suo vantaggio. Ricercato dalla polizia, si nasconde in casa di un suo antico collaboratore, di cui con le minaccie si assicura la complicità. Ma, tradito, si vendica uccidendolo. Continua poi ad essere l'incubo del paese fin quando, caduta la prima neve, l'orme che egli lascia dietro di sé non ne segnalino la presenza rendendolo facile bersaglio ai colpi della polizia. Gravemente ferito, la morte lo renderà a poco a poco visibile.

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Boris Karloff was supposed to play Griffin but refused when asked to take a pay cut. Director James [...] D
On the DVD short documentary, Claude Rains' daughter tells of a time when her father brought her to [...] D
Walter Brennan in an uncredited early role as a witness in the bar scene investigation D
The Invisible Man and the Creature from the Black Lagoon are the only Universal monsters that were n [...] D
The reporter who offers suggestions to the police chief was played by Dwight Frye. He is best known [...] D
Gloria Stuart didn't enjoy working opposite Claude Rains. During filming when they had scenes togeth [...] D
Part of the original 'Shock Theater' package of 52 Universal titles released to television in 1957, [...] D
The wall calendar in the police station, around 1:01:28, advertises "Old Chum / Canada's Favourite T [...] D
The first time Claude Rains' daughter ever saw her father in a movie was in 1950, when he took her t [...] D
According to information given on TCM before the movie is shown, Claude Rains was also chosen for th [...] D
In order to achieve the effect that Claude Rains wasn't there when his character took off the bandag [...] D
When screenwriter R.C. Sherriff came to Hollywood to write this film, he asked the staff at Universa [...] D
Although he has the lead in the film and his character is onscreen for 95% of the film, Claude Rains [...] D
Boris Karloff had been Universal's original choice for the role as the Invisible Man. Karloff was sa [...] D
The basic framework of the story and the characters' names are largely the same as in H.G. Wells' no [...] D
Boris Karloff and Colin Clive were both originally considered to play the lead. Karloff accepted unt [...] D
During the scenes with Una O'Connor, the hysterical pub landlady, James Whale struggled to control h [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most [...] D
Claude Rains' performance in this film inspired Mark Hamill's portrayal of the Joker. D
Chester Morris was initially considered to play Dr. Arthur Kemp. D
Of the top five classic Universal Pictures horror movies - "Dracula (1931)," "Frankenstein (1931),"" [...] D
For some reason, the subtitles of the DVD edition changes a word of dialogue in the scene where Grif [...] D
The police offer a reward of £1,000 for a lead on the Invisible Man. In 1933, 1£ was the equiv [...] D
Total body count: 122. Four murders depicted directly on-screen, eighteen search-party members off-s [...] D
The poster on the brick wall outside the police station, around 1:01:37, is advertising "The Royal M [...] D
As Jack rants to Flora about taking over the world, he strikes a pose typical of Italy's leader, the [...] D
According to the March 1975 issue of 'Films in Review', Robert Florey, Cyril Gardner, and Ewald Andr [...] D
In this movie the Invisible Man is a villain. The TV series The Invisible Man (2000) presented him i [...] D
Despite having by far the most lines, being the title character, and having lead billing, Claude Rai [...] D
By the calendar on the wall of the police station, around 1:01:28, it's the month of January. In the [...] D