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The Invisible Man Returns

The Invisible Man Returns

6,3 /10 (142 Votes)
1940 EN 81 min

Overview

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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Release date

12/01/1940

Votes

142

Popularity

2.3

They hear him! They feel him! But they can't stop him!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

81 min

Budget

$281,743

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

Richard Cobb

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Geoffrey Radcliffe

Nan Grey

Nan Grey

Helen Manson

John Sutton

John Sutton

Dr. Frank Griffin

Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway

Inspector Sampson

Alan Napier

Alan Napier

Willie Spears

Forrester Harvey

Forrester Harvey

Ben Jenkins

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Minor Role (uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey

Jimmy Aubrey

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

No photo

Walter Bacon

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Billy Bevan

Jim (uncredited)

No photo

Clara Blore

Woman (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Minor Role (uncredited)

Matthew Boulton

Matthew Boulton

Policeman (uncredited)

Ed Brady

Ed Brady

Policeman (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Chet Brandenburg

Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Louise Brien

Louise Brien

Griffin's Secretary (uncredited)

Charles Brokaw

Charles Brokaw

Minor Role (uncredited)

Jean Brooks

Jean Brooks

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Tom Coleman

Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

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Frank Coletti

Minor Role (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Harry Cording

Miner (uncredited)

No photo

Paul England

Detective (uncredited)

Rex Evans

Rex Evans

Constable Briggs (uncredited)

No photo

Mary Field

Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)

Edward Fielding

Edward Fielding

Prison Governor (uncredited)

No photo

Raoul Freeman

Detective (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

Cookie (uncredited)

No photo

Sidney Grayler

Minor Role (uncredited)

Kit Guard

Kit Guard

Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Frank Hagney

Bill (uncredited)

No photo

Bobby Hale

Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

No photo

Barry Hays

Minor Role (uncredited)

No photo

Frank Hill

Policeman (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Leyland Hodgson

Chauffeur (uncredited)

No photo

Hugh Huntley

Secretary (uncredited)

No photo

George Hyde

Miner at Radcliffe Colliery (uncredited)

No photo

Ellis Irving

Miner at Radcliffe Colliery (uncredited)

Boyd Irwin

Boyd Irwin

Minor Role (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone

Dick Johnstone

Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Colin Kenny

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

No photo

George Kirby

Miner at Radcliffe Colliery (uncredited)

Bruce Lester

Bruce Lester

Chaplain (uncredited)

George Lloyd

George Lloyd

Miner at Radcliffe Colliery (uncredited)

No photo

Jack Low

Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Edmund MacDonald

Edmund MacDonald

Miner at Radcliffe Colliery (uncredited)

William Newell

William Newell

Minor Role (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Frank O'Connor

Constable at Coal Train (uncredited)

No photo

Alexander Pollard

Footman (uncredited)

Frances Robinson

Frances Robinson

Clinic Nurse (uncredited)

No photo

Robert Robinson

Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Ivan F. Simpson

Ivan F. Simpson

Mr. Cotton (uncredited)

Harry Stubbs

Harry Stubbs

Constable Tewsbury (uncredited)

No photo

Denis Tankard

Miner at Radcliffe Colliery (uncredited)

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Cyril Thornton

Policeman (uncredited)

No photo

David Thursby

Bob (uncredited)

Crane Whitley

Crane Whitley

Minor Role (uncredited)

No photo

Eric Wilton

Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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John Chard

John Chard

2018-10-01

⭐ 7

Tasty sequel, far from lazy. Falsely imprisoned for fratricide, Geoffrey Radcliffe (Vincent Price) takes a drug to make him invisible and thus escape. But as he sets about trying to clear his name, the side effect of the drug, gradual madness, threatens to usurp his plans. It was never going to be up on the same level as the first film, The Invisible Man (1933), a genuine classic Universal Studio production that does justice to the great H.G. Wells writing. But instead of going for a lazy cash in, this sequel puts its own stamp on the invisible man premise and rounds out as an intelligen…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-06-23

⭐ 6

This is quite a good, if a little preposterous sequel. Vincent Price - or, that is, his voice - owns a successful mining business who is framed for killing his brother. With but two hours to go before he goes to the gallows, he turns to his friend who has devised a secret drug that can render the user invisible - but at a cost: continued exposure leads to madness. Once he has used the drug to escape from prison, he attempts to track down the real culprits from his close confederates - including Sir Cedric Hardwicke, John Sutton and a glamorous Nan Grey. The ever vigilant "Inspector Sampson" (a…

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