A scientist becomes murderous after discovering, and being exposed to the radiation of, a powerful new element called Radium X.A scientist becomes murderous after discovering, and being exposed to the radiation of, a powerful new element called Radium X.A scientist becomes murderous after discovering, and being exposed to the radiation of, a powerful new element called Radium X.
- Awards
- 1 win
Boris Karloff
- Dr. Janos Rukh
- (as Karloff)
Georges Renavent
- Chief of the Surete
- (as Georges Renevant)
Ricca Allen
- Bystander
- (uncredited)
Charles Bastin
- French Newsboy
- (uncredited)
May Beatty
- Mme. LeGrand
- (uncredited)
Ted Billings
- Counterman
- (uncredited)
Ernest A. Bouveron
- French Newsboy
- (uncredited)
Helen Brown
- Blind Girl's Mother
- (uncredited)
Daisy Bufford
- Infant's Mother
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe church in which Frank Lawton and Frances Drake get married, though called the "Church of the Six Saints" in the film, is actually the set of Notre-Dame Cathedral recycled from the 1923 Universal production "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
- GoofsThe film shows a clipping from a news magazine announcing that the principal characters have gone on an expedition to Nigeria to find the meteor containing Radium X. Yet in the earlier sequence showing the meteor landing on earth, it hit on the southwest coast of Africa over 1,000 miles away from Nigeria.
- Quotes
Ronald Drake: [discussing Benet's plan to invite unwitting scientists to a lecture intended as a trap for Rukh] Do you think it's fair to expose them to the danger?
Dr. Felix Benet: There are only two people he wants to destroy. Two, or perhaps... three.
- Crazy creditsThe character of "Professor Meiklejohn," correct in the opening credits, is listed as "Professor Mendelssohn" in the closing credits.
- ConnectionsEdited into Mondo Lugosi - A Vampire's Scrapbook (1987)
- SoundtracksBridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
(1850) (uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Written by Richard Wagner
Played on an organ for the wedding
Featured review
Karloff/Lugosi...Need I Say More
The Invisible Ray is an exciting story about an overworked scientist who works effortlessly in his Carpathian castle looking for secrets of the universe. Boris Karloff plays the scientist Janos Ruhk who travels with a band of other scientists to Africa for the spot where an unidentified element landed centuries ago. Karloff is very good as the scientist who accidentally poisons himself with this new radioactive element. Karloff is obsessed with the idea that his fellow travelers, amongst them the stately Lugosi as Dr. Benet, are after his honors and secrets of this new find. Because of this, Karloff goes on a maniacal murdering spree of his former friends. There are many good elements in this film, most dealing with the rather interesting story of science gone amok. Lugosi is good too, although his role is not very big. I must agree with many that this pairing of the horrific duo is a second to The Black Cat. Nonetheless this is a fine Universal science fiction/horror film.
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- Nov 17, 1999
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Dah smrti
- Filming locations
- Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Hunchback of Notre Dame church set)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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