A scientist becomes murderous after discovering, and being exposed to the radiation of, a powerful new element called Radium X.A scientist becomes murderous after discovering, and being exposed to the radiation of, a powerful new element called Radium X.A scientist becomes murderous after discovering, and being exposed to the radiation of, a powerful new element called Radium X.
- Awards
- 1 win
Boris Karloff
- Dr. Janos Rukh
- (as Karloff)
Georges Renavent
- Chief of the Surete
- (as Georges Renevant)
Ricca Allen
- Bystander
- (uncredited)
Charles Bastin
- French Newsboy
- (uncredited)
May Beatty
- Mme. LeGrand
- (uncredited)
Ted Billings
- Counterman
- (uncredited)
Ernest A. Bouveron
- French Newsboy
- (uncredited)
Helen Brown
- Blind Girl's Mother
- (uncredited)
Daisy Bufford
- Infant's Mother
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe church in which Frank Lawton and Frances Drake get married, though called the "Church of the Six Saints" in the film, is actually the set of Notre-Dame Cathedral recycled from the 1923 Universal production "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
- GoofsThe film shows a clipping from a news magazine announcing that the principal characters have gone on an expedition to Nigeria to find the meteor containing Radium X. Yet in the earlier sequence showing the meteor landing on earth, it hit on the southwest coast of Africa over 1,000 miles away from Nigeria.
- Quotes
Ronald Drake: [discussing Benet's plan to invite unwitting scientists to a lecture intended as a trap for Rukh] Do you think it's fair to expose them to the danger?
Dr. Felix Benet: There are only two people he wants to destroy. Two, or perhaps... three.
- Crazy creditsThe character of "Professor Meiklejohn," correct in the opening credits, is listed as "Professor Mendelssohn" in the closing credits.
- ConnectionsEdited into Mondo Lugosi - A Vampire's Scrapbook (1987)
- SoundtracksBridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
(1850) (uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Written by Richard Wagner
Played on an organ for the wedding
Featured review
Early sci-fi horror film with good performances from Karloff and Lugosi...
THE INVISIBLE RAY is a highly enjoyable horror film that seems way ahead of its time, coming as it does in 1936 and making use of meteors and Radium X in its plot design. BORIS KARLOFF is the scientist whose ideas are "stolen", or so he believes, by others and goes about seeking an unusual method of revenge, killing off his intended victims one by one.
FRANK LAWTON and FRANCES DRAKE are the romantic leads with BEULAH BONDI playing an aristocratic Lady Arabella who is one of the victims. But the film is mainly a showcase for BORIS KARLOFF as the mad scientist, with BELA LUGOSI doing extremely well (and underplaying effectively) the role of a colleague among those on the "victim" list.
Universal obviously planned this as a low-budget feature, but the sets are impressive, all the technical credits are more than adequate, and the story is well-paced and effective throughout.
Well worth viewing and certainly one of the better Karloff/Lugosi joint ventures.
FRANK LAWTON and FRANCES DRAKE are the romantic leads with BEULAH BONDI playing an aristocratic Lady Arabella who is one of the victims. But the film is mainly a showcase for BORIS KARLOFF as the mad scientist, with BELA LUGOSI doing extremely well (and underplaying effectively) the role of a colleague among those on the "victim" list.
Universal obviously planned this as a low-budget feature, but the sets are impressive, all the technical credits are more than adequate, and the story is well-paced and effective throughout.
Well worth viewing and certainly one of the better Karloff/Lugosi joint ventures.
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- Also known as
- Dah smrti
- Filming locations
- Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Hunchback of Notre Dame church set)
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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