The Man Who Wasn't There
3.9
“Being invisible gets you into spy rings, diplomatic circles, and the girls' locker room.”
When he accidentally takes possession of a top-secret invisibility potion while en route to his wedding, government bureaucrat Sam Cooper finds himself engulfed in a madcap free-for-all as Russians and other bad guys try to get the substance. To elude the Reds, his own State Department bosses and his livid fiancée, Cooper takes the vanishing juice himself—which only makes matters worse.
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Cast
41 people
Steve Guttenberg
Sam Cooper
Known for
Police Academy
Short Circuit
Lisa Langlois
Cindy Worth
Known for
The Nest
Class of 1984
Jeffrey Tambor
Boris Potemkin
Known for
Arrested Development
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Art Hindle
Ted Durand
Known for
The Void
The Brood
Morgan Hart
Amanda / Ten Duyck
Known for
Madhouse
Bruce Malmuth
Fireplug Crusher
Known for
The Karate Kid Part II
Pentathlon
Ivan Naranjo
Chief Crusher
Also in
Malcolm in the Middle
That's My Bush!
Harold Ayer
Old Ouside Attendant
Known for
Night of the Demons
Tarzan the Ape Man
Vincent Baggetta
Riley
Also in
The Gendarme in New York
Embryo
Michelle Bauer
Nymphet
Known for
Nightmare Sisters
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Charlie Brill
Rastafani
Also in
Silk Stalkings
Supertrain
Don Calfa
Tohfa
Known for
The Return of the Living Dead
Weekend at Bernie's
Bruce Malmuth Director · Stanford Sherman Screenplay Miles Goodman Composer
Worldwide gross $2.4M · Budget $6.5M · United States release August 12, 1983
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Budget
$6,500,000
Worldwide gross
$2,443,487
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 12, 1983
Theatrical
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