The Absent-Minded Professor

1961 96 min ★ 6.6 Comedy, Family, Science Fiction

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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Cast

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

Belle Montrose

Mrs. Chatsworth

Details

Director

Robert Stevenson

Screenplay

Bill Walsh

Tagline

"The most amazing discovery since laughter!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$2,000,000

Production

Walt Disney Productions

Reviews

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John Chard

April 12, 2020

★ 7/10

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 se...

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r96sk

June 29, 2020

★ 7/10

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...