The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting derivative he's dubbed "Flubbergas." Ned's experiments, constantly hampered by government obstruction, earn the consternation of his wife, Betsy. But a game-winning modification to a football uniform may help Ned make the case for his fantastic new invention.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
72 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert StevensonDirector
- Bill WalshWriter
- George BrunsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Fred MacMurrayNed Brainard
- Nancy OlsonBetsy Brainard
- Keenan WynnAlonzo P. Hawk
- Tommy KirkBiff Hawk
- Ed WynnA.J. Allen
- Charles RugglesJudge Murdock
- Leon AmesRufus Daggett
- Ken MurrayMr. Hurley
- William DemarestMr. Hummel
- Paul LyndeSportscaster
- Elliott ReidShelby Ashton
- Bob SweeneyMr. Harker
Stills
Themes
flying carinventorsequelblack and whitesecret formulaanti-gravitybroken windowflubber