The Invisible Woman

"She Has an Invisible Touch"

1940 1h 12m EN

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5.7

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67%

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★5.7TMDB · 91🍅67%Rotten Tomatoes★6IMDB · 3,517

ComedyHorrorScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.

“She Has an Invisible Touch”

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Cast

Virginia Bruce
Kitty Carroll
John Barrymore
Professor Gibbs
John Howard
Richard Russell
Charles Ruggles
George
Oskar Homolka
Blackie
Edward Brophy
Bill
Donald MacBride
Foghorn
Margaret Hamilton
Mrs. Jackson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Writers: Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Gertrude Purcell
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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86 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Invisible Man Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by A. Edward Sutherland, shot by Elwood Bredell. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Frank Skinner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Frank Gross shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Virginia Bruce and John Barrymore and John Howard carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

A. Edward Sutherland directs. Elwood Bredell behind the camera. Frank Skinner scores. Frank Gross cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Shot for just $0.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
386 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Part of the "The Invisible Man Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by A. Edward Sutherland, shot by Elwood Bredell. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Frank Skinner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Frank Gross shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Virginia Bruce and John Barrymore and John Howard carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "She Has an Invisible Touch".
10IMDB entry: tt0032637 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 91 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
12Classified under 10 themes, including "kidnapping", "gangster", "professor", "sequel".