The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

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Plot

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.

Cast

Fred MacMurrayNed Brainard

Nancy OlsonBetsy Carlisle

Keenan WynnAlonzo P. Hawk

Tommy KirkBiff Hawk

Billy WeberPresident Rufus Daggett

Elliott ReidShelby Ashton

Edward AndrewsDefense Secretary

David LewisGeneral Singer

Mireille PerrierCoach Elkins

James WesterfieldOfficer Hanson

Alan CarneyReferee #1

Charlie BriggsSig

Raymond BaileyAdmiral Olmstead

Ed WynnFire Chief

Bess FlowersWedding Guest (uncredited)

Writers and directors

Robert StevensonDirector

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John Chard ★ 7.0/10

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, N…12. Apr 2020

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r96sk ★ 7.0/10

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 aforemention…29. Jun 2020

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