Son of Flubber (1962)
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- Approved
- 1h 42min
- Comedy, Family
- 16 Jan 1963 (USA)
- Movie
- 2 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Fred MacMurray | ... |
Prof. Ned Brainard
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Nancy Olson | ... |
Elizabeth 'Betsy' Brainard
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Keenan Wynn | ... |
Alonzo P. Hawk
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Tommy Kirk | ... |
Biff Hawk
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Ed Wynn | ... |
A.J. Allen
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Charles Ruggles | ... |
Judge Murdock
(as Charlie Ruggles)
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Leon Ames | ... |
President Rufus Daggett
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Ken Murray | ... |
Mr. Hurley
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William Demarest | ... |
Mr. Hummel
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Paul Lynde | ... |
Sportscaster
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Elliott Reid | ... |
Prof. Shelby Ashton
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Bob Sweeney | ... |
Mr. Harker
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Joanna Moore | ... |
Desiree de la Roche
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Edward Andrews | ... |
Defense Secretary
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James Westerfield | ... |
Police Officer Hanson
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Alan Carney | ... |
Referee
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Stuart Erwin | ... |
Coach Wilson
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Forrest Lewis | ... |
Police Officer Kelly
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Alan Hewitt | ... |
Prosecutor
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Jack Albertson | ... |
Mr. Barley
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Eddie Ryder | ... |
Mr. Osborne
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Harriet E. MacGibbon | ... |
Mrs. Edna Daggett
(as Harriet MacGibbon)
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Beverly Wills | ... |
Mother in Commercial
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Wally Boag | ... |
George -- Father in Commercial
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Don Ames | ... |
Bailiff (uncredited)
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Chet Brandenburg | ... |
Courtroom Well-Wisher (uncredited)
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Ron Brown | ... |
Football Player (uncredited)
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Steve Carruthers | ... |
Military Officer (uncredited)
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Charlie | ... |
Dog (uncredited)
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Paul Cristo | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Russell Custer | ... |
Board Member (uncredited)
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Christopher Dark | ... |
Police Captain / TV Broadcaster (uncredited) (voice)
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Lindy Davis | ... |
Newsboy / First Hobgoblin (uncredited)
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Don Edmonds | ... |
Moriarity (uncredited)
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Joe Flynn | ... |
Rex Williams (uncredited)
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George Ford | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Byron Foulger | ... |
Proprietor (uncredited)
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Michael Garrett | ... |
Air Force General (uncredited)
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Lee Giroux | ... |
Newscaster (uncredited)
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James Gonzalez | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Norman Grabowski | ... |
Rutland Football Player #33 (uncredited)
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Darby Hinton | ... |
2nd Hobgoblin (uncredited)
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Clegg Hoyt | ... |
George (uncredited)
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Henry Hunter | ... |
Admiral (uncredited)
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Michael Jeffers | ... |
Courtroom Well-Wisher (uncredited)
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Virgil Johansen | ... |
Board Member (uncredited)
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Gordon Jones | ... |
Rutland Coach (uncredited)
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Harvey Korman | ... |
Husband in Commercial (uncredited)
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Ethan Laidlaw | ... |
Courtroom Well-Wisher (uncredited)
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Mari Lynn | ... |
Wife in Commercial (uncredited)
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Don Mcart | ... |
#1 Medfield Football Player (uncredited)
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Tipp McClure | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Mathew McCue | ... |
Board Member (uncredited)
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Dal McKennon | ... |
First Juror (uncredited)
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Walter Elias Disney Miller | ... |
Baby in Commercial (uncredited)
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King Mojave | ... |
Board Member (uncredited)
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Belle Montrose | ... |
Mother in Commercial (uncredited)
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Brad Morrow | ... |
First Football Player (uncredited)
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Burt Mustin | ... |
1st Bailiff (uncredited)
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Ron Nyman | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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William H. O'Brien | ... |
Butler at Halloween Party (uncredited)
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J. Pat O'Malley | ... |
Sign-Painter (uncredited)
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John Olszewski | ... |
Rutland Football Player #15 (uncredited)
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Robert Perry | ... |
Letterman in Court 9 (uncredited)
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Murray Pollack | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Waclaw Rekwart | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Jack Rice | ... |
Second Juror (uncredited)
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Leoda Richards | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Robert Robinson | ... |
Courtroom Well-Wisher (uncredited)
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Clark Ross | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Hope Sansberry | ... |
Secretary (uncredited)
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Phil Schumacher | ... |
Courtroom Well-Wisher (uncredited)
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Robert Shayne | ... |
Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
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Hal Smith | ... |
Bartender (uncredited)
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Arthur Tovey | ... |
Juror (uncredited)
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Ginny Tyler | ... |
Baby Walter (uncredited) (voice)
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Leon Tyler | ... |
Humphrey Hacker (uncredited)
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Ned Wynn | ... |
Rutland Student Manager (uncredited)
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Directed by
Robert Stevenson |
Written by
Bill Walsh | ... | (screenplay) & |
Don DaGradi | ... | (screenplay) |
Samuel W. Taylor | ... | (story) |
Ray Ashley | ... | ("Danny Dunn" books) (uncredited) |
Jay Williams | ... | ("Danny Dunn" books) (uncredited) |
Produced by
Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Ron Miller | ... | associate producer |
Bill Walsh | ... | co-producer |
Music by
George Bruns |
Cinematography by
Edward Colman | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Cotton Warburton |
Art Direction by
Carroll Clark | ||
William H. Tuntke |
Set Decoration by
Hal Gausman | ||
Emile Kuri |
Costume Design by
Bill Thomas | ... | (uncredited) |
Makeup Department
Pat McNalley | ... | makeup artist |
Ruth Sandifer | ... | hair stylist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph L. McEveety | ... | assistant director |
Arthur J. Vitarelli | ... | second unit director |
Tom Leetch | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Robert O. Cook | ... | sound supervisor |
Lyndsey Schenk | ... | sound mixer |
Dean Thomas | ... | sound mixer |
Special Effects by
Jack Boyd | ... | special effects |
Jim Fetherolf | ... | special effects |
Eustace Lycett | ... | special effects |
Robert A. Mattey | ... | special effects |
Peter Ellenshaw | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Stunts
Al Carmichael | ... | stunt performer (uncredited) |
Paula Dell | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gertrude Casey | ... | costumes |
Chuck Keehne | ... | costumes |
Music Department
Evelyn Kennedy | ... | music editor |
Walter Sheets | ... | orchestrator |
Additional Crew
Walt Disney | ... | presenter |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Buena Vista Distribution Company (1963) (United States) (theatrical) (as Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc.)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1963) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Triangel Produksjon A/S (1963) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International Mexico (1964) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Walt Disney Productions (1964) (France) (theatrical)
- Rank Film Distributors Holland (1965) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1980) (United States) (tv)
- Disney Channel (1984) (United States) (tv) (as The Disney Channel)
- Walt Disney Home Video (West Germany) (VHS)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company (United States) (video) (Betamax)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (acknowledgement)
- RCA Sound System (sound)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Professor Ned Brainard's discovery of flubber hasn't quite brought him - or his college - the riches he thought. The Pentagon has declared his discovery to be top secret and the IRS has slapped him with a huge tax bill, even if he has yet to receive a cent. He thinks he may have found the solution in the form of flubbergas, which can change the weather. It also helps Medfield College's football team to win a game. At home, his wife Betsy is jealous of the attention lavished on him by an old high school girlfriend. Written by garykmcd |
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Taglines | The Professor's "Off" and Flying... and FUN SCORES A NEW HIGH! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Budget | $2,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | In one of the most hapless marketing tie-in attempts in movie history, Hasbro Toys, in cooperation with Disney, issued a toy version of Flubber, marketed just before Christmas time in 1962. Similar to Silly Putty, in that it could bounce like a ball and make comic imprints, the mixture was a combination of rubber, mineral oil, and green food coloring that had been lab-tested with no ill effects and was marketed as being made of "a new parent-approved material that is non-toxic and will not stain." Within weeks, claims came pouring in to both Hasbro and Disney that the toy Flubber was causing full-body rashes and sore throats in many of the children who used it, resulting in several lawsuits by angry parents. Eventually, after much experimentation, and an intensive investigation by the FDA, it was determined that there was a property in the mixture, of unknown origin, that caused an infection of the hair follicles in certain individuals. The product was recalled, but disposing of it turned out to be an even dicier proposition. Trying to incinerate the mixture only produced a heavy, dense black cloud around the Providence, Rhode Island, garbage dump where the attempt was made. Working with the U.S. Coast Guard to sink the substance at sea turned out to be a fiasco, as well, as the next day almost all of the dumped Flubber came floating back into Narragansett Bay. Finally, it was decided to use the mixture as landfill, buried deep under the parking lot at Hasbro's new warehouse, just outside of Providence. Even then, the incredible but true story doesn't end there. A popular "urban legend" among Hasbro employees is that every year, during the hottest days of summer, you can still spot some of the mixture oozing through the cracks in the parking lot. See more » |
Goofs | When Professor Ned Brainard uses the weather machine to cause a rain cloud inside Shelby's car we see the car get flooded and Shelby floating around, yet without Shelby's foot anywhere near the gas pedal the car still keeps driving. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Fun with Mr. Future (1982). See more » |
Soundtracks | April Showers See more » |
Crazy Credits | As the movie concludes, the game winning football (with flubber gas) is still rotating up in outer space around satellites. See more » |
Quotes |
Professor Ned Brainard:
The road to genius is paved with fumble-footing and bumbling. Anyone who falls flat on his face is at least moving in the right direction: forward. And the fellow who makes the most mistakes may be the one who will save the neck of the whole world some day. See more » |