The Absent-Minded Professor

6.492

96 minutes

1/20/1961

Overview

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.

Cast List

Fred MacMurray
as Ned Brainard
Nancy Olson
as Betsy Carlisle
Keenan Wynn
as Alonzo P. Hawk
Tommy Kirk
as Biff Hawk
Leon Ames
as Rufus Daggett
Elliott Reid
as Shelby Ashton
Edward Andrews
as Defense Secretary
David Lewis
as General Singer
Jack Mullaney
as Air Force Captain
Belle Montrose
as Mrs. Chatsworth
Wally Brown
as Coach Elkins
Wally Boag
as TV newsman
Don Ross
as Lenny
Forrest Lewis
as Officer Kelley
James Westerfield
as Officer Hanson
Alan Carney
as Referee #1
Charlie Briggs
as Sig
Gage Clarke
as Reverend Bosworth
Alan Hewitt
as General Hotchkiss
Raymond Bailey
as Admiral Olmstead
Wendell Holmes
as General Poynter
Ed Wynn
as Fire Chief
Bess Flowers
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Paul Frees
as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Hank Patterson
as Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Basketball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Ralph Clanton
as O.J. Turnball (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
as Citizen (uncredited)
Ned Wynn
as Boy (uncredited)