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Actors: Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, John Sutton, Nan Grey, Alan Napier
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Invisible Man Returns |
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The Invisible Man Returns stars Vincent Price as the hard to see title character Sir Geoffrey Radcliffe. He is sentenced to death for the murder of his brother, but he did not commit the crime. Radcliffe is visited by his good friend, Dr. Griffin, brother of scientist Jack Griffin the original invisible man who is now deceased. Just before he is to be executed by hanging he disappears out of his cell. The Scotland Yard detective rightly deduces Griffin has given Radcliffe a shot of invisibility serum to abet his escape.
Radcliffe meets up with his fiancée and vows to catch the real killer before he goes insane from the drug in his bloodstream. He interrogates a former night watchman by running his vehicle off the road and roughing him up. He is told that Sir Michael's murderer is none other than Radcliffe's cousin Richard Cobb. Cobb has done this to inherit the family's mining company out from under the Radcliffe brothers Michael and Geoffrey. Radcliffe gets to Cobb in front of the night watchman. Cobb is exposed as the killer before Cobb slays the witness.
Radcliffe pursues the fleeing Cobb, catches him, and is shot by the Scotland Yard detective. Cobb is killed in the altercation and confesses before expiring. Radcliffe staggers to Dr. Griffin's lab and is saved by a blood transfusion and last moment operation to the gunshot wound.
--David Fletcher, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Spying - Investigations
Yes
What is main char. doing?
- finding a killer (criminal)
Character operated on/altered?
Yes
Kind of alteration:
- made invisible
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- Invisibility
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- English/British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity
- British
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th Century (1900-1950)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- mansion
- lab
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie
- fearful
Check here if B&W
Yes
Is this movie based on a
- book
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