Stars: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Henry Travers, Holmes Herbert, Dudley Digges, Una O'Connor, Forrester Harvey, William Harrigan, Donald Stuart, E.E. Clive, Harry Stubbs

Director: James Whale

Summary: Making a magnificent screen debut, Claude Rains stars as a scientist driven mad by an invisibility potion in this adaptation of H.G. Wells's classic story. Featuring groundbreaking special effects, the film follows the increasingly demented Jack Griffin (Rains) on his murderous rampage through an English village as he searches for the invisibility's cure. The police, Griffin's girlfriend (Gloria Stuart), and his fellow scientists race to capture the Invisible Man before before he kills again and before he realises his goal of world domination.

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Claude Rains practically owns his film debut in The Invisible Man, despite the fact that his face (let alone his body) is seen only for seconds in the final moments. As the brilliant scientist who discovers the secret of invisibility, Rains steps into the film wrapped up like a mummy behind a layer of bandages and blanketed in heavy clothes. When he removes his garments, there's nothing underneath, a simple but effective bit of 1930s movie magic that, apart from a few glitches, works as well today as it did in 1933. Like Frankenstein, another cautionary tale of science gone horribly wrong, the consequences of the doctor's experiments are dire: the chemicals drive him insane. Director James Whale infuses the film with plenty of humour, much of it arising from the quaint quirks of the local villagers, but it turns to black comedy as the doctor transforms from an impish prankster upsetting bicycles and taunting tavern patrons to a megalomaniac bent on world domination. It's slow going even at 71 minutes, but full of delightful touches and boasts a terrific performance by the all but unseen Rains, whose rich, cultured voice envelopes the picture in a kind of omnipresent fog. Vincent Price took up the role in the sequel, The Invisible Man Returns. --Sean Axmaker

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio Commentary, Featurette - 1. NOW YOU SEE HIM: The Invisible Man Revealed, Stills Gallery
Year:	1933
Release Date:	November 1, 2005
Runtime:	68 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	903 277 9
Keywords:	Man, General, Invisible, Horror, Occult, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Horror/Occult