The Absent-Minded Professor

Name: The Absent-Minded Professor
Genre: Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Released: 1961-01-20
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 6.6

★ 6,6 /10 (203 Votes)

1961 EN 96 min

Overview

Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.

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Release date

20/01/1961

Votes

203

Popularity

2.6

The most amazing discovery since laughter!

Genres

Comedy Family Science Fiction

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

96 min

Budget

$2,000,000

Fred MacMurray

Ned Brainard

Nancy Olson

Betsy Carlisle

Keenan Wynn

Alonzo P. Hawk

Tommy Kirk

Biff Hawk

Leon Ames

Rufus Daggett

Elliott Reid

Shelby Ashton

Edward Andrews

Defense Secretary

David Lewis

General Singer

Jack Mullaney

Air Force Captain

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Belle Montrose

Mrs. Chatsworth

Wally Brown

Coach Elkins

Wally Boag

TV newsman

Don Ross

Lenny

Forrest Lewis

Officer Kelley

James Westerfield

Officer Hanson

Alan Carney

Referee #1

Charlie Briggs

Sig

Gage Clarke

Reverend Bosworth

Alan Hewitt

General Hotchkiss

Raymond Bailey

Admiral Olmstead

Wendell Holmes

General Poynter

Ed Wynn

Fire Chief

Bess Flowers

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Paul Frees

PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)

Hank Patterson

Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Basketball Game Spectator (uncredited)

Ralph Clanton

O.J. Turnball (uncredited)

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Charles Fogel

Citizen (uncredited)

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Ned Wynn

Boy (uncredited)

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Substance X, we dub thee - Flubber! The Absent-Minded Professor is directed by Robert Stevenson and adapted to screenplay by Bill Walsh from a story by Samuel W. Taylor. It stars Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olsen, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames and Elliott Reid. Music is by George Bruns and cinematography by Edward Colman. Out of Disney, we get the kind of wacky family friendly comedy that serves a purpose on a miserable real life day. MacMurray's professor has invented flying - gravity defying - rubber, which he christens Flubber. It can make you bounce up to incredible heights, make the…

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An amusing film regarding Professor Brainard, a character I've always associated with Robin Williams having seen the 1997 remake first back when I was younger. Fred MacMurray plays the aforementioned in this, the original. He is pleasing here, giving a more than satisfying performance - even if it is pretty similar to the one he gives in <em>'The Shaggy Dog'</em> back in 1959. Elsewhere, Keenan Wynn plays Alonzo Hawk - he is perfect for that role. Nancy Olson (Betsy) and Tommy Kirk (Biff) are also recognisable Disney faces, though it's MacMurray and Wynn who are the standouts by quite some …

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