Summary
The AbsentMinded Professor is an American science-fiction film first released in 1961,
directed by Robert Stevenson.
The film stars Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk and Leon Ames.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Robert Stevenson
- Script: Bill Walsh, Samuel W. Taylor
- Photo: Edward Colman
- Music: George Bruns
- Cast: Fred MacMurray (Prof. Ned Brainard), Nancy Olson (Betsy Carlisle), Keenan Wynn (Alonzo P. Hawk), Tommy Kirk (Biff Hawk), Leon Ames (President Rufus Daggett), Elliott Reid (Prof. Shelby Ashton), Edward Andrews (Defense Secretary), David Lewis (Gen. Singer), Jack Mullaney (Air Force Captain), Belle Montrose (Mrs. Chatsworth), Wally Brown (Coach Elkins), Wally Boag (TV Newsman), Don Ross (Lenny), Forrest Lewis (Officer Kelley), James Westerfield (Officer Hanson), Alan Carney (First Referee), Charlie Briggs (Sig), Gage Clarke (Rev. Bosworth), Alan Hewitt (Gen. Hotchkiss), Raymond Bailey (Adm. Olmstead), Wendell Holmes (General Poynter), Leon Tyler (Basketball Player (#18)), Ed Wynn (Fire Chief), Carroll Adams (Basketball Player), Bill Baldwin (News Reporter), Paul E. Burns (Taxi Driver), Robert Burton (Sam Wheeler), Ralph Clanton (O.J. Turnbull), Gary Clarke (Boy at dance), Don Dillaway (Defense Department Secretary), Sam Edwards (Military Radio Dispatcher), Bess Flowers (Wedding Guest), Paul Frees (Loudspeaker Voice), Mike Fryer (Basketball Player), Gordon Jones (Rutland Basketball Coach), Gordon Martin (Basketball Player), Marlin McKeever (Football Player), Mike McKeever (Football Player), Henry Norell (Assistant Fire Chief), Gregg Palmer (Communications Man), Hank Patterson (Fisherman Spectator), Maudie Prickett (Woman in Street Interviewee), Jeffrey Sayre (Man Throwing Rice at Wedding), Ray Teal (Man in Street Interviewee), Carole Wells (Girl), Tom Wilson (Fisherman Spectator), Ned Wynn (Boy)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 92 min; B&W
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