Il Raggio Invisibile (1936)
Uno scienziato visionario, il dottor Janos Rukh, inventa un telescopio che può guardare a molti anni luce di distanza nello spazio e lo utilizza per osservare la galassia di Andromeda da dove raccoglie dei raggi di luce che mostrano il passato della Terra. Guardando verso il passato, su uno schermo, Rukh ed altri suoi colleghi scienziati osservano un grande meteorite che ha colpito la Terra migliaia di anni prima. Rukh convince i colleghi ad organizzare una spedizione per trovare i resti del meteorite in Africa.
Direttore:
Lambert Hillyer
Scrittore:
John Colton
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Boris Karloff as Dr. Janos Rukh |
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Lugosi Béla as Dr. Felix Benet |
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Frank Lawton as Ronald Drake |
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Frances Drake as Diana Rukh |
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Violet Kemble Cooper as Mother Rukh |
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Beulah Bondi as Lady Arabella Stevens |
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Walter Kingsford as Sir Francis Stevens |
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Paul Weigel as Monsieur Noyer |
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Frank Reicher as Professor Meiklejohn |
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Georges Renavent as Chief of the Surete |
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May Beatty as Mme. LeGrand (uncredited) |
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Paul McAllister as Papa LaCosta (uncredited) |
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Nydia Westman as Briggs (uncredited) |
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Ynez Seabury as Celeste (uncredited) |
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Robert Graves as Gendarme (uncredited) |
| Writing | John Colton | Screenplay |
| Writing | Howard Higgin | Original Story |
| Directing | Lambert Hillyer | Director |
| Camera | George Robinson | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Charles Carroll | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Camille Collins | Production Secretary |
| Production | Edmund Grainger | Producer |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Fred S. Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Pierce | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Writing | Douglas Hodges | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otto Lederer | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Bernard W. Burton | Editor |
| Sound | Gilbert Kurland | Sound Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | John P. Fulton | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Raymond Lindsay | Special Effects |