The Body Disappears

1941
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1h 12m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Jeffrey Lynn and Jane Wyman in The Body Disappears (1941)

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Farce Comedy Fantasy Romance

Comedy about an invisible man.Comedy about an invisible man.Comedy about an invisible man.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

586

YOUR RATING

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Jeffrey Lynn

Peter DeHaven

Jane Wyman

Joan Shotesbury

Edward Everett Horton

Professor Shotesbury

Herbert Anderson

'Doc' George Appleby

Marguerite Chapman

Christine Lunceford

Craig Stevens

Robert Struck

David Bruce

Jimmie Barbour

Willie Best

Willie

Ivan F. Simpson

Dean Claxton
(as Ivan Simpson)

Tod Andrews

Bill
(as Michael Ames)

William Hopper

Terrence Abbott
(as DeWolf Hopper)

Natalie Schafer

Mrs. Lunceford

Charles Halton

Professor Moggs

Sidney Bracey

Barrett
(as Sidney Bracy)

Wade Boteler

Inspector Deming

Leah Baird

Rest Home Nurse
(uncredited)

Mary Brodel

Norah
(uncredited)

Romaine Callender

Prof. Barkley
(uncredited)

Director
- D. Ross Lederman
Writers
- Scott Darling
- Erna Lazarus
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Trivia
This likable comedy has a good excuse for failing to reach its audience at the time: it was released the night before the attack on Pearl Harbor and played during a week when nervous Americans stayed home to listen to news on the radio.

Goofs
When Christine faints in the doorway of her bedroom, a hand can be seen briefly appearing behind her to catch her as she falls.

Quotes
Willie: [about what he believes is Peter's dead body, but Peter who is only really drunk] They must have embalmed him in Scotch and soda. He's so saturated if a breeze hit him, he'd ripple.

In addition to the original "Invisible Man" and its later sequels, Universal Studios made some comedic versions of the Invisible Man stories. "The Invisible Girl" was a comedy starring John Barrymore, there was "Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man" and here we have "The Body Disappears"...yet another comedy using the same invisibility gimmick.

The story begins in a courtroom and the story is told through flashbacks as the folks testify. Apparently, they believe someone killed Peter (Jeffery Lynn) and they explain how he's not dead...just invisible. What follows is a silly story that is extremely enjoyable and cute...and well worth seeing.