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The Absent-Minded Professor
The most amazing discovery since laughter!
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.
More about The Absent-Minded Professor
Cast
Fred MacMurrayNed Brainard
Nancy OlsonBetsy Carlisle
Keenan WynnAlonzo P. Hawk
Tommy KirkBiff Hawk
Leon AmesRufus Daggett
Elliott ReidShelby Ashton
Edward AndrewsDefense Secretary
David LewisGeneral SingerCredits
- Directed by
- Robert Stevenson
- Written by
- Bill Walsh, Samuel W. Taylor
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- Flubber Collection
- Budget
- $2M
Production
Walt Disney ProductionsUnited States
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