The Invisible Man Returns (1940) on Netflix
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Sir Geoffrey Radcliffe is condemned to death for a murder he did not commit. He takes an invisibility serum from Dr. Frank Griffin; madness threatens as he searches for the real killer.
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Plot summary
Sir Geoffrey Radcliffe faces execution for a murder he did not commit, the killing of his brother Michael. His appeal fails, so his best friend Dr. Frank Griffin and Geoffrey's fiancée Helen set a plan in motion. Griffin, brother of the original invisible man, injects Geoffrey with an invisibility serum and warns that the drug causes madness. Geoffrey disappears from his cell after Griffin visits. Detective Sampson of Scotland Yard hears Griffin's name, recalls the earlier invisible man case, and pieces together what happened. Griffin leaves clothes for Geoffrey, and Helen hides him in a cottage. Geoffrey hunts the real murderer while Griffin looks for an antidote. Griffin also vows to stop Geoffrey if the madness shows itself.
Cast
- Walter Baconas Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Clara Bloreas Woman (uncredited)
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- Tom Colemanas Miner at Colliery (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
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- Vincent Price, the film's lead, appears as himself for only one minute of The Invisible Man Returns; for the rest of the film he was covered by bandages or special effects.
- The invisibility effects were made by draping Vincent Price in black velvet and having him perform against a set that was also draped in black velvet.
- Vincent Price said he got along with director Joe May because May spoke no English and was hard to understand, while Price's own knowledge of German gave them a rapport.
- A studio back lot was turned into an English mining town for the film, complete with a coal pile and a coal escalator 75 feet long.
- The film reuses Frank Skinner's score from Son of Frankenstein, and Hans J. Salter's main title music was later reused in Man-Made Monster, The Strange Case of Doctor Rx and Son of Dracula.
