Now You See Him, Now You Don't
- Kurt Russell: Dexter Reilly
- Cesar Romero: A. J. Arno
- Joe Flynn: Dean Eugene Higgins
- Jim Backus: Timothy Forsythe
- William Windom: Professor Lufkin
- Michael McGreevey: Richard Schuyler
- Richard Bakalyan: Cookie
- Joyce Menges: Debbie Dawson
- Alan Hewitt: Dean Edgar Collingswood
- Ed Begley Jr.: Druffle
It crashes, it hisses, To have seen is nothin ' ( Now You See Him, Now You Do not) is an American comedy film from the year 1972. The Director in this Disney production led by Robert Butler, the screenplay by Joseph L. McEveety and Robert L. King. The main role was played by Kurt Russell. Alternative title is The Invisible supertype.
Action
The chemistry student Dexter Reilly developed a spray that makes you invisible. Since his college is in financial difficulties, Reilly announces his invention of a competition, in which $ 50,000 are up for grabs.
Two gangsters steal the spray and use the invention for a large-scale theft of money. The police traced the invisible car thieves, the students blocking the road so that the car drives into the swimming pool of a house. There, the cars and the thieves are visible again, the criminals are arrested.
The spray container is submitted on time, the invention wins the prize. Reilly promises to make a new profitable invention in the next year.
Trivia
- Kurt Russell played the role of Dexter Reilly in 1969 in Wore Tennis Shoes. With The retort Goliath followed in 1975, a third film.
Reviews
- " Typical Disney product, technically perfect and pleasing staged; live far away, superficially undemanding entertainment. "- lexicon of international film
- " Fleet dud. " - Evening newspaper, Munich
- John Sinnott wrote on May 26, 2004 dvdtalk.com, though the film does not belong to the classics of the comedies, but is entertaining. Sinnott praised the representations of Kurt Russell and Michael McGreevey.