The Invisible Ray
Delving into new, strange fields of mystery!
1936 | 79m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Lambert Hillyer |
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| Writer: | John Colton, Howard Higgin, Douglas Hodges |
| Staring: |
| Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 20, 1936 |
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| Director: | Lambert Hillyer |
| Writer: | John Colton, Howard Higgin, Douglas Hodges |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller |
| Keywords | paris, france, love triangle, africa, meteor, insanity, telescope, radium, revenge, laboratory, scientist, fake death, dead dog, killing a dog, regaining sight |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Boris Karloff | Dr. Janos Rukh |
| Bela Lugosi | Dr. Felix Benet |
| Frank Lawton | Ronald Drake |
| Frances Drake | Diana Rukh |
| Violet Kemble Cooper | Mother Rukh |
| Beulah Bondi | Lady Arabella Stevens |
| Walter Kingsford | Sir Francis Stevens |
| Paul Weigel | Monsieur Noyer |
| Frank Reicher | Professor Meiklejohn |
| Georges Renavent | Chief of the Surete |
| May Beatty | Mme. LeGrand (uncredited) |
| Paul McAllister | Papa LaCosta (uncredited) |
| Nydia Westman | Briggs (uncredited) |
| Ynez Seabury | Celeste (uncredited) |
| Robert Graves | Gendarme (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lambert Hillyer | Director |
| Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Jack Pierce | Makeup Artist |
| Otto Lederer | Makeup Artist |
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| John Colton | Screenplay |
| Howard Higgin | Original Story |
| George Robinson | Director of Photography |
| Charles Carroll | Sound Recordist |
| Camille Collins | Production Secretary |
| Douglas Hodges | Story |
| Bernard W. Burton | Editor |
| Raymond Lindsay | Special Effects |
| John P. Fulton | Visual Effects |
| Gilbert Kurland | Sound Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Edmund Grainger | Producer |
| Fred S. Meyer | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
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**Peak Classic Universal Horror** A bunch of big stars with a well written story, for the time. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff are both great and so is Francis Drake. CW: There are racist bits, typical portrayals of Africans for the time period. So watch out for that. ...
Jan 09, 2024