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The Invisible Man Returns

- They hear him! They feel him! But they can't stop him!

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.

Release Date : 1940-01-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Richard Cobb

Original Name : Cedric Hardwicke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Geoffrey Radcliffe

Original Name : Vincent Price

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helen Manson

Original Name : Nan Grey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Frank Griffin

Original Name : John Sutton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector Sampson

Original Name : Cecil Kellaway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Willie Spears

Original Name : Alan Napier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ben Jenkins

Original Name : Forrester Harvey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Ernie Adams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmy Aubrey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Walter Bacon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jim (uncredited)

Original Name : Billy Bevan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Clara Blore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Stanley Blystone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Matthew Boulton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Ed Brady

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : Chet Brandenburg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Griffin's Secretary (uncredited)

Original Name : Louise Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Brokaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Brooks

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Coleman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Coletti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Cording

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul England

Gender : Male

Character Name : Constable Briggs (uncredited)

Original Name : Rex Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Field

Gender : Female

Character Name : Prison Governor (uncredited)

Original Name : Edward Fielding

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective (uncredited)

Original Name : Raoul Freeman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cookie (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Gordon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Sidney Grayler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : Kit Guard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Hagney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : Bobby Hale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Barry Hays

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Hill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chauffeur (uncredited)

Original Name : Leyland Hodgson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secretary (uncredited)

Original Name : Hugh Huntley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner at Radcliffe Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : George Hyde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner at Radcliffe Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : Ellis Irving

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Boyd Irwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : Dick Johnstone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Original Name : Colin Kenny

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner at Radcliffe Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : George Kirby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chaplain (uncredited)

Original Name : Bruce Lester

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner at Radcliffe Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : George Lloyd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Low

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner at Radcliffe Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : Edmund MacDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : William Newell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Constable at Coal Train (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank O'Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Footman (uncredited)

Original Name : Alexander Pollard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clinic Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Frances Robinson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Cotton (uncredited)

Original Name : Ivan F. Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Constable Tewsbury (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Stubbs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner at Radcliffe Colliery (uncredited)

Original Name : Denis Tankard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Cyril Thornton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bob (uncredited)

Original Name : David Thursby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Crane Whitley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)

Original Name : Eric Wilton

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Tasty sequel, far from lazy. Falsely imprisoned for fratricide, Geoffrey Radcliffe (Vincent Price) takes a drug to make him invisible and thus escape. But as he sets about trying to clear his name, the side effect of the drug, gradual madness, threatens to usurp his plans. It was never going to be up on the same level as the first film, The Invisible Man (1933), a genuine classic Universal Studio production that does justice to the great H.G. Wells writing. But instead of going for a lazy cash in, this sequel puts its own stamp on the invisible man premise and rounds out as an intelligent story with dashes of humour and sadness placed within. John Fulton's effects work is still amazing for the era, the cast list is boosted by the likes of Cecil Kellaway, Cedric Hardwicke and Nan Grey, while the finale is rewarding and worth waiting for. Faults? A couple, such as the real murderer is revealed too quickly, thus we lose mystery momentum, and director Joe May often lets the pace sag. But these fail to stop the film from achieving its entertaining aims. It hardly constitutes horror as such, but there's good dramatic worth, berserker science and a cast making the material work. 7/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-23

This is quite a good, if a little preposterous sequel. Vincent Price - or, that is, his voice - owns a successful mining business who is framed for killing his brother. With but two hours to go before he goes to the gallows, he turns to his friend who has devised a secret drug that can render the user invisible - but at a cost: continued exposure leads to madness. Once he has used the drug to escape from prison, he attempts to track down the real culprits from his close confederates - including Sir Cedric Hardwicke, John Sutton and a glamorous Nan Grey. The ever vigilant "Inspector Sampson" (an on-form Cecil Kellaway) is also on the trail of the transparent fugitive and all in all, we have a decently paced mystery thriller with some quite fun dialogue and special effects that bely that fact that this was made at the very start of WWII with not much of a budget.