The Absent-Minded Professor poster
Director Robert Stevenson
Screenplay Bill Walsh

The Absent-Minded Professor

Tagline: The most amazing discovery since laughter!

Release Date: 1961-03-16

Duration: 96 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Keenan Wynn
    Alonzo P. Hawk
  • Fred MacMurray
    Ned Brainard
  • Tommy Kirk
    Biff Hawk
  • Hank Patterson
    Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
  • Ed Wynn
    Fire Chief
  • Arthur Tovey
    Basketball Game Spectator (uncredited)
  • Raymond Bailey
    Admiral Olmstead
  • Paul Frees
    PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
  • Leon Ames
    Rufus Daggett
  • Nancy Olson
    Betsy Carlisle