The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American science fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the short story "A Situation of Gravity" by Samuel W. Taylor, originally published in the May 22, 1943 issue of Liberty magazine. The title character was based in part on Hubert Alyea, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Princeton University, who was known as "Dr. Boom" for his explosive demonstrations. Directed by Robert Stevenson, the film stars Fred MacMurray as Professor Ned Brainard, alongside Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames, Elliott Reid, and Edward Andrews. The plot follows Brainard as he invents a substance that defies gravity, which he later exploits through various means.
Released on March 16, 1961, the film was a huge success at the box office, and two years later became the first Disney film to have a sequel, Son of Flubber (1963). It was one of the first Disney films to be colorized (for the 1986 video release), and, along with The Shaggy Dog (1959) and Son of Flubber, is one of Disney's few black-and-white films to be produced after 1941. A remake entitled Flubber with Robin Williams was released in 1997.
==Cast==
*Fred MacMurray as Professor Ned Brainard
*Nancy Olson as Betsy Carlisle
*Keenan Wynn as Alonzo P. Hawk
*Tommy Kirk as Biff Hawk
*Leon Ames as President Jeffrey Daggett
*Elliott Reid as Professor Shelby Ashton
*Edward Andrews as Defense Secretary
*David Lewis as General Singer
*Jack Mullaney as Air Force Captain
*Belle Montrose as Mrs. Chatsworth
*Wally Brown as Coach Elkins
*Alan Carney as First Referee
*Wally Boag as TV Newsman
*Don Ross as Lenny
*Forrest Lewis as Officer Kelley
*James Westerfield as Officer Hanson
*Gage Clarke as Reverend Bosworth
*Alan Hewitt as General Hotchkiss
*Raymond Bailey as Admiral Olmstead
*Wendell Holmes as General Poynter
*Leon Tyler as Basketball Player #18
*Ed Wynn as Fire Chief
*Charlie as Bearded Collie Mix Mutt
Category:1961 films
Category:Comedy
Category:Disney films
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Category:1960s films
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