El poder invisible

Título original: The Invisible Ray

1935
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1h 20min

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Añade un argumento en tu idiomaA 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.

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Boris Karloff

Dr. Janos Rukh
(as Karloff)

Bela Lugosi

Dr. Felix Benet

Frances Drake

Diana Rukh

Frank Lawton

Ronald Drake

Violet Kemble Cooper

Mother Rukh

Walter Kingsford

Sir Francis Stevens

Beulah Bondi

Lady Arabella Stevens

Frank Reicher

Professor Meiklejohn (Mendelssohn in end credits)

Paul Weigel

Monsieur Noyer

Georges Renavent

Chief of the Surete
(as Georges Renevant)

Ernie Adams

Ricca Allen

Bystander
(sin acreditar)

Charles Bastin

French Newsboy
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May Beatty

Mme. LeGrand
(sin acreditar)

Ted Billings

Counterman
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Ernest A. Bouveron

French Newsboy
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Helen Brown

Blind Girl's Mother
(sin acreditar)

Daisy Bufford

Infant's Mother
(sin acreditar)

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Curiosidades
The set for Dr. Rukh's laboratory appeared as that of Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon (1936) and Countess Zelaska's castle in La hija de Drácula (1936).

Pifias
The 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.

Citas
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.

Créditos adicionales
The character of "Professor Meiklejohn," correct in the opening credits, is listed as "Professor Mendelssohn" in the closing credits.

Conexiones
Edited into Mondo Lugosi - A Vampire's Scrapbook (1987)

Banda sonora
Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
(1850) (uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Written by Richard Wagner
Played on an organ for the wedding

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6/10

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.