The Absent-Minded Professor
“The most amazing discovery since laughter!”
Synopsis
Ned Brainard, a bumbling professor, accidentally invents a flying rubber substance known as "Flubber," which uniquely gains energy with each impact against a hard surface. The material leads to the creation of shoes capable of enabling extraordinary jumps and is used to modify a Model-T to achieve flight. However, interest in Flubber is limited, with the exception of Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman determined to steal the material for his own purposes.
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Edited by Cotton WarburtonShot by Edward ColmanScored by George Bruns
Box Office
1961 · Box office
Produced on a $2.0M budget
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$2.0M
Also known as
- Der fliegende Paukerde
- Der zerstreute Professorde
- Un sabio en las nubeses
- Monte là-d'ssusfr
- Un professore fra le nuvoleit
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Cast & Crew
17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Fred Macmurray
as Professor Ned Brainard
Nancy Olson
as Betsy Carlisle
Keenan Wynn
as Alonzo P. Hawk
Tommy Kirk
as Biff Hawk
Leon Ames
as President Rufus Daggett
Elliott Reid
as Professor Shelby Ashton
Edward Andrews
as Defense Secretary
David Lewis
as General Singer
Jack Mullaney
as Air Force Captain
Belle Montrose
as Mrs. Chatsworth
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1Writers
3Other crew
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