The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961 | 1h 41m | Comedy, Classic | TV-G

Brief Synopsis

An eccentric and bumbling college professor, Ned Brainard, invents a revolutionary gravity-defying formula for flying rubber. And while a deceitful businessman wants to steal the material for himself, his enduring girlfriend attempts to win his affection.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Robert Stevenson

CAST

Fred MacMurray

Nancy Olson

Keenan Wynn

Tommy Kirk

Leon Ames

Elliott Reid

Edward Andrews

David Lewis

Jack Mullaney

Belle Montrose

PRODUCERS

Walt Disney

WRITERS

Bill Walsh

Host Intros

01:48
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Intro Aired: Feb 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Absent-Minded Professor, 1961.

Related Videos

Absent-Minded Professor, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Let's Open Her Up!
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Professor Brainard (Fred MacMurray) takes his dog Charlie for a flight in his flubber-powered Model-T and drops in on girlfriend Betsy (Nancy Olson) in Disney's The Absent-Minded Professor, 1961.
Absent-Minded Professor, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Get Married 8:30 Sharp!
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Landlady Mrs. Chatsworth (Belle Montrose) hopes to prevent Professor Brainard (Fred MacMurray) from missing his wedding for a third time, as he conducts an experiment, early in Disney's in The Absent-Minded Professor, 1961.
Absent-Minded Professor, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) I Dub Thee Flubber!
Clip
A discouraged Professor Brainard (Fred MacMurray) suddenly discovers he's invented flying rubber, thus "flubber," in Walt Disney's The Absent-Minded Professor, 1961.

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