The Absent-Minded Professor
“The most amazing discovery since laughter!”
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.
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Part of Flubber Collection
2 films
Cast
30 people
Fred MacMurray
Ned Brainard
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Apartment
Nancy Olson
Betsy Carlisle
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
Flubber
Keenan Wynn
Alonzo P. Hawk
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Once Upon a Time in the West
Tommy Kirk
Biff Hawk
Known for
Old Yeller
Swiss Family Robinson
Leon Ames
Rufus Daggett
Known for
Mister Ed
Meet Me in St. Louis
Elliott Reid
Shelby Ashton
Known for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Inherit the Wind
Edward Andrews
Defense Secretary
Known for
Gremlins
Sixteen Candles
David Lewis
General Singer
Known for
The Apartment
Batman
Jack Mullaney
Air Force Captain
Known for
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
South Pacific
Belle Montrose
Mrs. Chatsworth
Also in
The Hathaways
Wally Brown
Coach Elkins
Known for
Notorious
The Left Handed Gun
Wally Boag
TV newsman
Known for
The Love Bug
Robert Stevenson Director · Bill Walsh Screenplay Samuel W. Taylor Story
Worldwide gross $25M · Budget $2M · United States release March 16, 1961
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$25,400,000
Gross vs. budget
12.7×
Production
Walt Disney Productions
Production
Walt Disney Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 20, 1961
Theatrical
United States · March 16, 1961
Theatrical
Australia
January 1, 1986 · Physical · VHS
France
February 28, 1962 · Theatrical
March 22, 2020 · Digital · Disney+
Germany
September 8, 1961 · Theatrical
Italy
August 18, 1961 · Theatrical
Japan
July 29, 1961 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 16, 1961 · Theatrical
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