Body Disappears (1941)
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Possibly inspired by Universal's The Invisible Woman, Warner Bros.' The Body Disappears is an agreeably daffy comedy with science-fiction undertones. Passing out from overindulgence during his engagement party, young millionaire Peter De Haven is placed on a slab in a college dissecting room… More Possibly inspired by Universal's The Invisible Woman, Warner Bros.' The Body Disappears is an agreeably daffy comedy with science-fiction undertones. Passing out from overindulgence during his engagement party, young millionaire Peter De Haven is placed on a slab in a college dissecting room by his prankish friends. Before Peter can awaken, he is inadvertently kidnapped by eccentric Professor Shotsbury (Edward Everett Horton), who needs a "dead body" upon which to test his new life-restoring serum. Shotsbury's miracle drug succeeds only in making Peter invisible, leading to all manner of looney complications. Before the film's 72 minutes are over, Peter has discovered that his "loving" fiancee Christine Lunceford (Margerite Chapman) is merely a gold-digger, Prof. Shotsbury has been locked up in the nuthouse, and Shotsbury's perky daughter Joan (Jane Wyman) has become invisible himself, implictly cavorting about naked with no one any the wiser. Still fresh and funny after nearly six decades, The Body Disappears is sometimes shown on TV minus the "scared-rabbit" comedy routines of black actor Willie Best. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- D. Ross Lederman
- Genres
- Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A delightful screwball comedy...
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Cast
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Jeffrey Lynn
as Peter DeHaven
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Jane Wyman
as Lynn Shotesbury
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Edward Everett Horton
as Prof. Reginald X. Shotesbury
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Sidney Bracey
as Barrett the Butler
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Wade Boteler
as Inspector Deming
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Herbert Anderson
as George "Doc" Appleby
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David Bruce
as Jimmy Barbour
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Craig Stevens
as Robert Struck
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Ivan Simpson
as Dean Claxton
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Hobart Bosworth
as Judge Manton
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Michael Ames
as Bill
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Willie Best
as Willie
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Romaine Callender
as Prof. Barkley
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Marguerite Chapman
as Christine Lunceford
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Charles Drake
as Arthur
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Frank Ferguson
as Psychology Professor
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Charles Halton
as Prof. Moggs
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John Hamilton
as Judge
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Stuart Holmes
as Waiter
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William Hopper
as Terrence Abbott
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Vera Lewis
as Mrs. Moggs
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Natalie Schafer
as Mrs. Lunceford
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Paul Stanton
as Prosecutor
