The Invisible Ray (1936)
The Invisible Ray (1936)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Boris Karloff
Dr. Janos Rukh
Bela Lugosi
Dr. Felix Benet
Frances Drake
Diana Rukh
Violet Kemble Cooper
Mother Rukh
Frank Lawton
Ronald Drake
Beulah Bondi
Lady Arabella Stevens
Lambert Hillyer
Director
Walter Kingsford
Sir Francis Stevens
John Colton
Writer
Paul Weigel
Monsieur Noyer
Howard Higgin
Writer
Douglas Hodges
Writer
Frank Reicher
Professor Meiklejohn
Franz Waxman
Composer
Georges Renavent
Chief of the Surete
George Robinson
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 20, 1936
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 19m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
The Invisible Ray is a 1936 American science-fiction horror film directed by Lambert Hillyer. It stars Boris Karloff as Dr. Janos Rukh, a scientist who comes in contact with a meteorite composed of an element known as "Radium X". After exposure to its rays begins to make him glow in the dark, his touch becomes deadly, and he begins to be slowly driven mad. Alongside Karloff, the film's cast includes Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Walter Kingsford, Beulah Bondi, Violet Kemble Cooper, and Nydia Westman.
Prior to production, Universal Pictures was originally developing the film Bluebeard for Karloff and Lugosi. When that production did not start, Universal wanted a release by the end of 1935 with Karloff and Lugosi, and hired director Stuart Walker and screenwriter John Colton to make the film The Invisible Ray. As Walker was dissatisfied with Colton's script, he requested a three-day delay before production was set to begin and after being denied this, he left the production and was replaced with Lambert Hillyer. Hillyer began and completed the film over-budget and over the originally set production time.